Intended and unintended consequences of a publish-or-perish culture: A worldwide survey

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1282-1293

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; scientists; surveys

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; EXTRINSIC REWARDS; INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC REWARDS; INTRINSIC REWARDS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; POLICY ISSUES; SCIENTISTS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; WESTERN EUROPE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84862303249     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22636     Document Type: Article

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