Research productivity in neurosurgery: Trends in globalization, scientific focus, and funding

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1262-1272

  Hauptman, Jason S ^a   Chow, Daniel S ^a   Martin, Neil A ^a   Itagaki, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Neuroscience; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FUNDING; GERMANY; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDLINE; NEUROSURGERY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055193743     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.JNS11857     Document Type: Article

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