Demographic characteristics of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials in orthodontic journals with impact factor

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-65

  Kanavakis, Georgios ^a   Dombroski, Meghann M ^b,c   Malouf, David P ^d   Athanasiou, Athanasios E ^e,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d Oral and Maxillofacial Surg   (United States)

^e Mohamed Bin Rashid University   (United Arab Emirates)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORTHODONTICS; PUBLICATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; DEMOGRAPHY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84962329002     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjv012     Document Type: Article

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