Methodological quality in clinical trials and bibliometric indicators: No evidence of correlations

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 297-303

  Akcan, Derya ^a   Axelsson, Susanna ^a   Bergh, Christina ^b,d   Davidson, Thomas ^a,e   Rosén, Måns ^a,c  

^a Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Citations; HTA; Impact factor; Study quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879152113     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-0949-0     Document Type: Article

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