The quest for institutional recognition: A longitudinal analysis of scholarly productivity and academic prestige among sociology departments

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1495-1533

  Keith, Bruce ^a   Babchuk, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032397085     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.4.1495     Document Type: Article

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