Representation of cancer in the medical literature--a bibliometric analysis.

BACKGROUND: There exists a lack of knowledge regarding the quantity and quality of scientific yield in relation to individual cancer types. We aimed to measure the proportion, quality and relevance of oncology-related articles, and to relate this output to their associated disease burden. By incorpo...

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Main Authors: Ronan W Glynn, Ji Z Chin, Michael J Kerin, Karl J Sweeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2976696?pdf=render