Sex differences in research funding, productivity and impact: An analysis of Québec university professors

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-498

  Larivière, Vincent ^a,b   Vignola Gagné, Etienne ^c,d   Villeneuve, Christian ^e   Gélinas, Pascal ^f   Gingras, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^f Direction des Politiques et Analyses   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Canada; Collaboration; Qu bec; Research funding; Research impact; Research productivity; Sex; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955473947     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0369-y     Document Type: Article

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