Scientific production in psychology: A gender analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-23

  Barrios, Maite ^a   Villarroya, Anna ^a   Borrego, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citations; Collaboration; Gender; Impact factor; Psychology; Scientific production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874800242     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0816-4     Document Type: Article

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