The more publication, the higher impact factor: Citation analysis of top nine gastroenterology and hepatology journals

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Karimi Elizee, Pegah ^a,b   Karimzadeh Ghassab, Romina ^a   Raoofi, Azam ^a   Miri, Seyyed Mohammad ^a,b  

^a Kowsar Corporation   (Netherlands)

^b Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastroenterology; Journal Impact Factor; Self Citation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GASTROENTEROLOGY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84872307984     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.8467     Document Type: Article

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