Does the aging of tenured academic staff affect the research performance of universities?

Scientometrics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-455

  Kyvik, Svein ^a   Olsen, Terje Bruen ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

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EID: 52549128016     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1767-z     Document Type: Article

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