Z factor: A New Index for Measuring Academic Research Output
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Z factor: a new index for measuring academic research output
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Pain
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1744-8069,1744-8069
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-53