Assessment of research performance in biology: How well do peer review and bibliometry correlate?

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Lovegrove, Barry G ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bibliometric scores; Citation record; Hirsch index; Peer review; Publication record

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649106528     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580210     Document Type: Review

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