A bibliometric analysis of research productivity of Malaysian publications in leading toxicology journals during a 10-year period (2003-2012)

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1284-1293

  Zyoud, S H ^a,b   Al Jabi, S W ^a   Sweileh, W M ^a   Awang, R ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bibliometric; impact factor; Malaysia; scopus; toxicology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLASSIFICATION; INDIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TOXICOLOGY; WRITING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

SCOPUS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALAYSIA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84899922114     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113514101     Document Type: Article

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