Biomedical and health sciences publication productivity from Malaysia

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Zainal, Hazmir ^a   Zainab, Awang Ngah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Health sciences; Medicine; Publication productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; COOPERATION; HUMAN; LIBRARY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; MALAYSIA; PUBLISHING;

EID: 80051560166     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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