Use of bibliometric information to assist research policy making. A comparison of publication and citation profiles of full and Associate Professors at a School of Chemistry in Uruguay

Scientometrics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-313

  Ventura, Oscar N ^a   Mombrú, Alvaro W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

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EID: 33748714116     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0154-5     Document Type: Article

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