Mathematics turned inside out: The intensive faculty versus the extensive faculty

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-720

  Grcar, Joseph F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Mathematics; Research university; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957955143     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9358-y     Document Type: Article

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