Performance evaluation of research universities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: Based on a two-dimensional approach

Scientometrics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 531-542

  Li, Feng ^a   Yi, Yong ^a   Guo, Xiaolong ^a   Qi, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

A two dimensional approach; Chinese universities; Citation; Research performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855552568     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0544-1     Document Type: Article

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