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

Oncotarget

Volumn 9, Issue 28, 2018, Pages 19640-19649

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

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Bibliometry; Citation; Productivity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAZIL; CANCER RESEARCH; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENDER; GENDERMETRICS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

EID: 85045293105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24716     Document Type: Article

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