How to evaluate journal impact factors
โ Scribed by Stegmann, Johannes
- Book ID
- 109791707
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 390
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/37463
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