Impact of bibliometric studies on the publication behaviour of authors

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 369-385

  Michels, Carolin ^a   Schmoch, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer   (Germany)

Author keywords

Author behaviour; Bibliometrics; Hawthorne effect; National studies; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891743736     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1015-7     Document Type: Article

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