Impact factor-a useful tool, but not for all purposes;Nichtperfekter Impact-Faktor

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 267-269

  Baethge, Christopher ^a  

^a Medizinisch Wissenschaftlichen Redaktion   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; PERSONNEL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84860151748     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0267     Document Type: Review

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