Peer review and panel decisions in the assessment of Australian Research Council project grant applicants: What counts in a highly competitive context?

Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-452

  Bazeley, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 22044457498     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003118502318     Document Type: Review

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