A bibliometric measure of translational science

Scientometrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 2349-2382

  Kim, Yeon Hak ^a   Levine, Aaron D ^b   Nehl, Eric J ^c   Walsh, John P ^b  

^a Ministry of Science and ICT   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Indicators; Research evaluation; Translational research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85089481188     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03668-2     Document Type: Article

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