title: Citation analysis of the 'Big Six' journals in Internal Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: t.vanderveer@sfvg.nl.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van der Veer
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baars
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics and Education, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Birnie
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamberg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Auto-citation; Citations; Impact factor; Internal medicine; Scientific publishing