Commentary: Who measures those who measure? the future of assessing research activity in Canadian Psychology

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Peluso, Daniel L ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citations; h index; Publications; Research; University rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955809325     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022466     Document Type: Review

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