Representation of developing countries in orthopaedic journals: A survey of four influential orthopaedic journals general

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2313-2318

  Aluede, Edward E ^a   Phillips, Jonathan ^a   Bleyer, Jamie ^a   Jergesen, Harry E ^a   Coughlin, Richard ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIST; BIBLIOMETRICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866451676     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2377-5     Document Type: Article

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