A technique to identify core journals for neurosurgery using citation scatter analysis and the Bradford distribution across neurosurgery journals

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1274-1287

  Madhugiri, Venkatesh S ^a   Ambekar, Sudheer ^a   Strom, Shane F ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradford distribution; Citable articles; Citation scatter; Core journals; H index; Impact factor; Neurosurgery journals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADFORD DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NEUROSURGERY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84887047169     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.JNS122379     Document Type: Article

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