European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 321-326 , June 2005

Hypothetical influence of non-indexed Spanish journals on the impact factor of radiological journals

  • Alberto Miguel-Dasit

      Affiliations

    • MR Section, La Plana de Vila-Real Hospital, Castellón, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Aleixandre

      Affiliations

    • Institute of History of Science and Documentation Lopez Piñero, University of Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan C. Valderrama

      Affiliations

    • Institute of History of Science and Documentation Lopez Piñero, University of Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Luis Martí-Bonmatí

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, MR Section, Dr. Peset University Hospital, Avenida Gaspar Aguilar 90, E-46017 Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +34 963862534.
    • ,
  • Pilar Sanfeliu

      Affiliations

    • Cardenal Herrera-CEU University, Alfara, Valencia, Spain

Received 4 June 2004 ,Revised 26 July 2004 ,Accepted 28 July 2004.

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PII: S0720-048X(04)00278-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.07.017

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 321-326 , June 2005

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