Funding decisions, peer review, and scientific excellence in physical sciences, chemistry, and geosciences

Research Evaluation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Van Leeuwen, Thed N ^a   Moed, Henk F ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; funding policies; peer review; research council; research performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867006915     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvs009     Document Type: Article

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