Gender differences in scientific productivity and visibility in core neurosurgery journals: Citations and social media metrics

Research Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 262-269

  Sotudeh, Hajar ^a   Dehdarirad, Tahereh ^b   Freer, Jonathan ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Gender differences; Neurosurgery; Social media metrics; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087523151     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvy003     Document Type: Article

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