References that anyone can edit: Review of Wikipedia citations in peer reviewed health science literature

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bould, M Dylan ^a   Hladkowicz, Emily S ^b   Pigford, Ashlee Ann E ^b   Ufholz, Lee Anne ^c   Postonogova, Tatyana ^d   Shin, Eunkyung ^e   Boet, Sylvain ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOINFORMATICS; CODING; DATA EXTRACTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SCIENCE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; ENCYCLOPEDIAS AS TOPIC; INTERNET; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84896518727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1585     Document Type: Article

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