Worldwide research productivity in the field of spine surgery: a 10-year bibliometric analysis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 976-982

  Wei, Meiyang ^a   Wang, Wanming ^a   Zhuang, Yanfeng ^a  

^a FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Research productivity; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASIC RESEARCH; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; CHINA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SPINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINE;

EID: 84958769432     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4442-3     Document Type: Article

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