Editors-in-Chief of Medical Journals: Are They Experts, Authorities, Both, or Neither?.

Zsindely, Sandor; Schubert, Andras

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ERIC Number: EJ397602

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Editors-in-Chief of Medical Journals: Are They Experts, Authorities, Both, or Neither?

Zsindely, Sandor; Schubert, Andras

Communication Research, v16 n5 p695-700 Oct 1989

Uses citation analysis to study the professional status and influence of the editors-in-chief of 769 medical journals. Finds that these editors-in-chief are, at least in their own specialties, not necessarily experts but authorities. (SR)

Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Communication Research, Editors, Higher Education, Medical Research, Professional Recognition, Scholarly Journals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Bibliometric Methods for the Study of Scholarly Communication.