An investigation of instruction in research publishing offered in doctoral programs: The Hong Kong case

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Kwan, Becky Siu Chu ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competence in research publishing; Doctoral research publishing; Instruction in publishing; PhD by publication; Strategic management of thesis publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249129466     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9233-x     Document Type: Article

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