Bibliometric indices and academic promotion within plastic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 838e-844e

  Gast, Katherine M ^a   Kuzon, William M ^a   Waljee, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACHIEVEMENT; BIBLIOMETRICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIBLIOMETRICS; CREDENTIALING; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PUBLICATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925021949     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000594     Document Type: Article

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