Indicators for research performance evaluation: An overview

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-324

  Froghi, Saied ^a,b   Ahmed, Kamran ^a,b   Finch, Adam ^c   Fitzpatrick, John M ^d   Khan, Mohammed Shamim ^a,b   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^d MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; FUNDING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84863393456     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10856.x     Document Type: Note

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