International university rankings - A critical review of the methodology;Internationale hochschulrankings: Ein methodenkritischer vergleich

Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 542-558

  Kroth, Anna ^a   Daniel, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Higher education; International ranking; Reliability; University; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249129811     PISSN: 1434663X     EISSN: 18625215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11618-008-0052-0     Document Type: Article

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