Productivity analysis of research in Natural Sciences, Technology and Clinical Medicine: An input-output model applied in comparison of Top 300 ranked universities of 4 North European and 4 East Asian countries

Scientometrics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 683-699

  Kivinen, Osmo ^a   Hedman, Juha ^a   Kaipainen, Päivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eastern Asia; Hard sciences; Input output analysis; Northern Europe; Productivity of university research; Research performance by field; Top 300 universities; University rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872500531     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0808-4     Document Type: Article

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