Cancer research performance in the European Union: A study of published output from 2000 to 2008

Tumori

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-689

  Micheli, Andrea ^a   Di Salvo, Francesca ^a   Lombardo, Claudio ^b,c   Ugolini, Donatella ^b   Baili, Paolo ^a   Pierotti, Marco A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Alleanza Contro il Cancro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometric study; Cancer publication performance; China; EU27; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RESEARCH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPEAN UNION; JAPAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856813711     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1700/1018.11081     Document Type: Article

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