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Making sense of bibliometrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Glenn E. Hunt
Glenn E. Hunt*
Affiliation:
Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Prof. Glenn E. Hunt, Discipline of Psychiatry, Concord Hospital, Hospital Rd, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9767-8978; Fax: +61 2 9767-8989; E-mail: glenn.hunt@sydney.edu.au
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Statistically Speaking
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 80 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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