Explaining Australia's increased share of ISI publications - The effects of a funding formula based on publication counts

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-155

  Butler, Linda ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Effects of evaluation; Productivity; Research funding; University research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867968128     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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