Scientists who engage with society perform better academically

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 527-541

  Jensen, Pablo ^a,b,c   Rouquier, Jean Baptiste ^a,d   Kreimer, Pablo ^a,e   Croissant, Yves ^c  

^a ENS Lyon   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e Instituto de Estudios de la Ciencia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 56749138143     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234208X329130     Document Type: Article

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