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Quantity over quality of publications: Are we using the right metrics to judge author’s productivity and impact in biomedical research? 论文数量重于质量：我们是否使用了正确的指标来判断作者在生物医学研究中的生产力和影响力？

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_343_24

S. Verma, H. Sharma

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