Counting methods, country rank changes, and counting inflation in the assessment of national research productivity and impact

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2427-2436

  Huang, Mu Hsuan ^a   Lin, Chi Shiou ^a   Chen, Dar Zen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH EVALUATION; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; WEB OF SCIENCE;

PAPER; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING; USER INTERFACES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 80755175748     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21625     Document Type: Article

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