Citation patterns in tropical medicine journals

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1142-1150

  Schoonbaert, Dirk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Biomedical literature; Citation analysis; Journal Citation Reports; Journals; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINE;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PARASITOLOGY; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; SPECIALISM; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WRITING;

EID: 9644278081     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01327.x     Document Type: Review

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