Progression of Authorship of Scientific Articles in The Journal of Hand Surgery, 1985–2015

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 291.e1-291.e6

  Gu, Alex ^a   Almeida, Neil ^b   Cohen, Jordan S ^a   Peck, Kathryn M ^c   Merrell, Gregory A ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; gender

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WRITING; BIBLIOMETRICS; HAND; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; HAND; HUMANS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85011589674     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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