Career prospects for female university researchers have not improved

Scientometrics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 999-1006

  Danell, Rickard ^a   Hjerm, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic career; Female researchers; Promotion rate; Sweden; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749096     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0840-4     Document Type: Article

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