H-index is a sensitive indicator of academic activity in highly productive anaesthesiologists: Results of a bibliometric analysis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1085-1089

  Pagel, P S ^a   Hudetz, J A ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80053195522     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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