An analysis of factors contributing to PubMed's growth

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 592-617

  Vardakas, Konstantinos Z ^a,b   Tsopanakis, Grigorios ^c   Poulopoulou, Alexandra ^c   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric; Citation; Journal article; Literature; Publication; PubMed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; FINANCE;

BIBLIOMETRIC; CITATION; JOURNAL ARTICLES; LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; PUBMED;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84934939555     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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