Sixty-five years of physical therapy: Bibliometric analysis of research publications from 1945 through 2010

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 493-506

  Wiles, Louise ^a   Matricciani, Lisa ^a   Williams, Marie ^a   Olds, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY;

EID: 84859192067     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110013     Document Type: Review

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