Academic Performance Indicators for Departments of Geography in the United States and Canada

Professional Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-450

  Coomes, Oliver T ^a   Moore, Tim ^a   Paterson, Jaclyn ^b   Breau, Sébastien ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Roulet, Nigel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b The Climate Change and Health Office of Health Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Google Scholar; h Index; ISI; Scopus; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84872422020     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2012.697798     Document Type: Article

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