A correlation between national institutes of health funding and bibliometrics in neurosurgery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 468-472

  Venable, Garrett T ^a   Khan, Nickalus R ^b   Taylor, Douglas R ^a   Thompson, Clinton J ^c   Michael, L Madison ^b,d   Klimo, Paul ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citations; Contemporary h index; Funding; g Index; h Index; m Quotient; Neurosurgery; NIH

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; CAREER; SCOPUS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATIONS; CONTEMPORARY H-INDEX; FUNDING; G-INDEX; H-INDEX; M-QUOTIENT; NEUROSURGERY; NIH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898475100     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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