Citation counts and the Research Assessment Exercise V: Archaeology and the 2001 RAE

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-730

  Norris, Michael ^a   Oppenheim, Charles ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Libraries; Research; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242710651     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410310698734     Document Type: Article

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