Critical mass and the dependency of research quality on group size

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-540

  Kenna, R ^a   Berche, B ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Agence d' valuation de la recherche et de l'enseignement sup rieur; Critical mass in research; Research assessment exercise; Research excellence framework; Research funding; Research policy; Research quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650994716     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0282-9     Document Type: Article

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