Are mobile researchers more productive and cited than non-mobile researchers? A large-scale study of norwegian scientists

Research Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Aksnes, Dag W ^a   Rørstad, Kristoffer ^a   Piro, Fredrik N ^a   Sivertsen, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

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EID: 84887970726     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt012     Document Type: Article

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