Criteria for assessing quality in academic research: The views of biomedical scientists, clinical scientists and social scientists

Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 661-676

  Albert, Mathieu ^a   Laberge, Suzanne ^b   McGuire, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic research evaluation; Academic success; Mode 1 Mode 2; Peer review; Quality control mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866516336     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9519-2     Document Type: Article

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