Gendermetrics of cancer research: Results from a global analysis on lung cancer

Oncotarget

Volumn 8, Issue 60, 2017, Pages 101911-101921

  Bendels, Michael H K ^a   Brüggmann, Dörthe ^a,b   Schöffel, Norman ^a   Groneberg, David A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Authorship; Bibliometry; Citation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CANCER RESEARCH; CAREER; GENDER EQUALITY; GENDERMETRICS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEASUREMENT; PRESTIGE INDEX; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WRITING;

EID: 85034812423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22089     Document Type: Article

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