Evaluating university research performance using metrics

European Political Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-58

  Butler, Linda ^a   McAllister, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chemistry; citations; political science; RAE; research assessment exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952025812     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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