HIV research productivity and structural factors associated with HIV research output in European Union countries: A bibliometric analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Uuskula A ^a   Toompere, K ^a   Laisaar, K T ^a   Rosenthal, M ^a   Purjer M L ^a   Knellwolf, A ^b   Laara E ^c   Des Jarlais, D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84922357295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006591     Document Type: Article

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