Measuring the international standing of universities with an application to Australian universities

Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 819-841

  Williams, Ross ^a   Van Dyke, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

International ranking; Quality measures; Research standing; Survey of academic leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846816955     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-7516-4     Document Type: Article

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