Equity and Excellence in Research Funding

Minerva

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-151

  Hicks, Diana ^a   Katz, J Sylvan ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributional equity; Lotka; Power law; Research excellence; Science policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958803227     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-011-9170-6     Document Type: Article

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