International collaboration, mobility and team diversity in the life sciences: Impact on research performance

Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 63-73

  Barjak, Franz ^a   Robinson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations und Technologieforschung mbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

International collaboration; Mobility in science; Research productivity; Research team; Team diversity

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH;

INTEGRATION SUPPORT; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH POLICIES; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH TEAMS; TEAM DIVERSITY;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55049140091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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