Too much impact? Scientific journals and the "impact Factor"

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-248

  Zietman, Anthony L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; EDITOR; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; WORK; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84908204708     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.07.018     Document Type: Editorial

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