Five proposals for reforming article publishing in the social scientific study of religion (especially quantitative): Improving the quality, value, and cumulativeness of our scholarship

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-595

  Smith, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 78649834857     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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