Publish or perish: a systematic review of interventions to increase academic publication rates

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-35

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a   Rickard, Claire M ^b   Jones, Rebecca ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33751358739     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360500453053     Document Type: Article

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