Impact factors: Scientific and career assessment by numbers

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Bruining, Nico ^a   Cummins, Paul ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EuroIntervention   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hirsch factor; Impact factor; Scientific assessment; Thomson Reuters

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; HIRSCH FACTOR; IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODERN TIMES; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE;

EID: 80051753697     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I1A23     Document Type: Review

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