The evolution of dental journals from 2003 to 2012: A bibliometric analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Jayaratne, Yasas Shri Nalaka ^a   Zwahlen, Roger Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DENTISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925004562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119503     Document Type: Article

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