An exploratory study of Malaysian publication productivity in computer science and information technology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 974-986

  Gu, Yinian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 0036787296     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10125     Document Type: Article

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