Bibliometric indicators for evaluating the quality of scientific publications

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-262

  Joshi, Medha A ^a  

^a Health Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; Citation half life; Crown indicator; H index; Journal impact factor

Indexed keywords

HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; ORGANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; UNIVERSITY; BIBLIOMETRICS; DENTAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84927600996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1525     Document Type: Article

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