The evolution of academic performance in nine subspecialties of internal medicine: an analysis of journal citation reports from 1998 to 2010.

BACKGROUND: Internal medicine includes several subspecialties. This study aimed to describe change trend of impact factors in different subspecialties of internal medicine during the past 12 years, as well as the developmental differences among each subspecialty, and the possible influencing factors...

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Main Authors: Yan Zhang, Jia Kou, Xue-Guang Zhang, Li Zhang, Shu-Wen Liu, Xue-Ying Cao, Yuan-Da Wang, Ri-Bao Wei, Guang-Yan Cai, Xiang-Mei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3485187?pdf=render