Career advancement and scientific performance in universities

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 891-907

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^a,b   Rosati, Francesco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Career advancement; Italy; Recruitment; Research evaluation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892874787     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1075-8     Document Type: Article

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