The Impact Factor of Radiological Journals: Associations with Journal Content and Other Characteristics Over a Recent 12-Year Period

Academic Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 661-668

  Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a   Ayoola, Abimbola ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical journals; Impact factor; Publication; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 84960971176     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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