Scholarly journals as producers of knowledge: Theory and empirical evidence based on data envelopment analysis

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-201

  Mcwilliams, Abagail ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b   Van Fleet, David D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Journal productivity; Journal rankings; Relative performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644389131     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428105275377     Document Type: Article

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