Dengue research: A bibliometric analysis of worldwide and Arab publications during 1872-2015

Virology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zyoud, Sa'ed H ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab world; Bibliometric; Citations; Dengue; Scopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BRAZIL; CITATION ANALYSIS; DENGUE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PUBLICATION; SAUDI ARABIA; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL HEALTH; VIROLOGY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DENGUE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84969551334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-016-0534-2     Document Type: Article

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