Weak benchmarking indicators for formative and semi-evaluative assessment of research

Research Evaluation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442510041     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154404781776518     Document Type: Review

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