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Multidimensional indicators of scholarly impact in the skin oncology literature: is there a correlation between bibliometric and altmetric profiles?

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Pages 232-241 | Received 13 Sep 2020, Accepted 29 Nov 2020, Published online: 25 Dec 2020

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