Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: a bibliometric study.
Objective: As access to information grows in tandem with the growth of the Internet, access to grey literature also increases. Because little is known about the use of grey literature in nursing journals, the authors investigated the prevalence and types of grey literature citations in top nursing j...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 108; no. 2; pp. 262 - 270 |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Apr2020
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