Reputations and Research Quality in British Political Science: The Importance of Journal and Publisher Rankings in the 2008 RAE

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-162

  Allen, Nicholas ^a   Heath, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British political science; Journal rankings; Publisher rankings; Research assessment exercise

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; POLITICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84872323483     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-856X.12006     Document Type: Article

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