PhD by publication: A student's perspective

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Robins, Lisa ^a   Kanowski, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctoral education; Phd by publication; Publication output; Research student; Thesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350376887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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