Exploring scientists' working timetable: A global survey

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 665-675

  Wang, Xianwen ^a   Peng, Lian ^a   Zhang, Chunbo ^a   Xu, Shenmeng ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Wang, Chuanli ^a   Wang, Xianbing ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Paper downloads; Realtime; Scientist; Usage data; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

REAL TIME; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; USAGE DATA; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; WORKING PATTERNS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 84877816783     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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