Hirsch Index Value and Variability Related to General Surgery in a UK Deanery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-115

  Abdelrahman, Tarig ^a   Brown, Josephine ^a   Wheat, Jenny ^a   Thomas, Charlotte ^a   Lewis, Wyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic; bilbiometrics; general surgery; research; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HIRSCH INDEX; HUMAN; INTERNET; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; SCOPUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB OF SCIENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952978383     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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