Publishing, ranking, and the future of heterodox economics

On the Horizon

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 176-184

  Lee, Frederic S ^a   Elsner, Wolfram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics; Publishers; Publishing; Recruitment; Research; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749102362     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: 20541708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120810912501     Document Type: Review

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