Lotka's law and the pattern of scientific productivity in the dental science literature

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-315

  Kawamura, M ^a   Thomas, C D L ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Sasahara, H ^a  

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Author keywords

Dental science literature; Lotka's law; Medline; Scientific productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION;

EID: 80052074380     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146392399298320     Document Type: Article

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