Assessment of humanities and social sciences monographs through their publishers: A review and a study towards a model of evaluation

Research Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-213

  Giménez Toledo, Elea ^a   Román Román, Adelaida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

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EID: 76849116028     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820209X471986     Document Type: Article

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