Comparative study of international academic rankings of universities

Scientometrics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-365

  Buela Casal, Gualberto ^a   Gutiérrez Martínez, Olga ^a   Bermúdez Sánchez, María Paz ^a   Vadillo Muñoz, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Carlos de Madrid   (Spain)

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EID: 34247618927     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1653-8     Document Type: Article

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