The Skewed Few: Does "Skew" Signal Quality Among Journals, Articles, and Academics?

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-354

  Baum, Joel A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

journal quality; research quality; skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863650211     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492612442621     Document Type: Article

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