See current issue of the JRSM (August 2000) and the article by Jeremy Wyatt
'Reading journals and monitoring published work"
In this piece Jeremy writes:
"There are over 40,000 biomedical journals and the number doubles every 20
years"
R
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Publicover [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 31 August 2000 20:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Number of medical journals
Does anyone know where I can get an estimate of the number of medical (or
clinical) journals published at present- or can you give me a quotable
figure even? I have probably missed the obvious but I am dazed with
surfing...
With thanks.
Mary Publicover
Trust Librarian
Birmingham Women's Hospital
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