A small field for fertile science: The low visibility of reproductive science in high impact journals

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-520

  Duncan, Francesca E ^a   Derman, Benjamin ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Gamete; Gonad; Impact factor; Male; Mammalian; Ovary; Reproduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTION; SCIENCE; MEDLINE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

MAMMALIA;

HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBMED; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SERIAL PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 84901252740     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0205-4     Document Type: Note

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