Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Shanti, Yousef I ^a   Sawalha, Ansam F ^a   Zyoud, Sa’ed H ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab world; Bibliometric; ISI Web of Science; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938117821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0806-0     Document Type: Article

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