Integrity of Databases for Literature Searches in Nursing: Avoiding Predatory Journals

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 102-110

  Oermann, Marilyn H ^a   Wrigley, Jordan ^b   Nicoll, Leslie H ^c   Ledbetter, Leila S ^a   Carter Templeton, Heather ^d   Edie, Alison H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Maine Desk LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

citation analysis; knowledge dissemination; nursing knowledge; nursing literature; predatory nursing journals; search engines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CITATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NURSE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING LITERATURE; SCOPUS; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85106068864     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: 15505014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000349     Document Type: Article

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