Rising Publication Delays Inflate Journal Impact Factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Tort, Adriano B L ^a   Targino, Zé H ^a   Amaral, Olavo B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSCIENCE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NEUROSCIENCES; PUBLISHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871754526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053374     Document Type: Article

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