The distribution of the H-index among academic emergency physicians in the United States

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 997-1003

  Deluca Jr , Lawrence A ^a   John, Alex St ^a   Stolz, Uwe ^a   Matheson, Lincoln ^c   Simpson, Allan ^b   Denninghoff, Kurt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Greater Houston Emergency Physicans   (United States)

^c Commonwealth of Dominica   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HIRSCH INDEX; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886936978     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12226     Document Type: Article

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