Journal list fetishism and the perversion of scholarship: Reactivity and the ABS list

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-442

  Willmott, Hugh ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABS; business schools; innovation; journal lists; research assessment; research culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959836086     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508411403532     Document Type: Article

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