The Citation Merit of Scientific Publications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Crespo, Juan A ^a   Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio ^b   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; ECONOMICS; LABORATORIES; NEUROSCIENCES; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PHYSICS; SCIENCE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84869009950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049156     Document Type: Article

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