The Disaster of the Impact Factor

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-142

  Moustafa, Khaled ^a  

^a INSERM U955   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; ETHICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS;

DISASTERS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84892682590     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9517-0     Document Type: Article

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