Hand and wrist research productivity in journals with high impact factors: A 20 year analysis

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-283

  Ahn, C S ^a,b   Li, R J ^a,b   Ahn, B S ^a   Kuo, P ^a,b   Bryant, J ^a,b   Day, C S ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric study; hand research; level of evidence trends; research productivity; wrist research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; HAND; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS; WRIST;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; HAND; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; WRIST;

EID: 84860013710     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193411420057     Document Type: Article

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