A descriptive study of inaccuracy in article titles on bibliometrics published in biomedical journals

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 781-791

  Aleixandre Benavent, Rafael ^a   Montalt Resurecció, Vicent ^b   Valderrama Zurián, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy of titles; Bibliometrics; Biomedical journals; Research articles; Writing style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919800655     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1296-5     Document Type: Article

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