Research productivity: Are higher academic ranks more productive than lower ones?

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 915-928

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a,b   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^b   Di Costa, Flavia ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic rank; Bibliometrics; Italy; Research productivity; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051474379     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0426-6     Document Type: Article

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