A list of highly influential biomedical researchers, 1996-2011

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1339-1365

  Boyack, Kevin W ^a   Klavans, Richard ^a   Sorensen, Aaron A ^b   Ioannidis, John P A ^c  

^a SciTech Strategies Inc   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Biomedical researchers; Citation counts; H index; Scientific impact; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; WRITING;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS; CITATION COUNTS; H-INDEX; SCIENTIFIC IMPACT; SCIENTOMETRICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84888064838     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12171     Document Type: Editorial

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