The changing research funding regime in Australia and academic productivity

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 283-291

  Marinova, Dora ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citations; Google Scholar; ISI; RQF

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CITATIONS; GOOGLE SCHOLAR;

EDUCATION;

EID: 43449129152     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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