Morabia, A (Morabia, Alfredo); Costanza, MC (Costanza, Michael C.) Don't Step on Our 2007 Citation Footprint (CF) PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 47 (4): 351-353 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: Preventive.Medicine at qc.cuny.edu 

Author(s): Morabia, A (Morabia, Alfredo); Costanza, MC (Costanza, Michael 
C.) 

Title: Don't Step on Our 2007 Citation Footprint (CF) 

Source: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 47 (4): 351-353 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Editorial Material 

Keywords Plus: BIBLIOGRAPHIC IMPACT FACTOR 

Addresses: [Morabia, Alfredo] CUNY Queens Coll, Ctr Biol Nat Syst, 
Flushing, NY 11365 USA 

Reprint Address: Morabia, A, CUNY Queens Coll, Ctr Biol Nat Syst, 163-03 
Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11365 USA. 

E-mail Address: Preventive.Medicine at qc.cuny.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 16 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE 

Publisher Address: 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA 

ISSN: 0091-7435 

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.005 

29-char Source Abbrev.: PREV MED 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Prev. Med. 

Source Item Page Count: 3 

Subject Category: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine, 
General & Internal 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 361XG 

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