International students, academic publications and world university rankings: the impact of globalisation and responses of a Malaysian public university

Higher Education

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 489-502

  Tan, Yao Sua ^a   Goh, Soo Khoon ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic publications; Globalisation; International students; World university rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893159726     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9724-2     Document Type: Article

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