Bibliometrics as a tool for measuring gender-specific research performance: An example from South African invasion ecology

Scientometrics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-406

  Prozesky, Heidi ^a   Boshoff, Nelius ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citations; Gender; Invasion ecology; Research performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855527292     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0478-7     Document Type: Article

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