A citation analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis published in Chinese journals

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-74

  Du, Liang ^a   Chen, Yaolong ^b   Huang, Jin ^a   Li, Youping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation frequency; Knowledge translation; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHINA; LOGISTIC MODELS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861898055     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2012.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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