The Top-Cited Articles in Medical Education: A Bibliometric Analysis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1147-1161

  Azer, Samy A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84938255422     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000780     Document Type: Review

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