Who's getting the biggest research bang for the buck

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 771-785

  Litwin, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

higher education; measurement; measuring research productivity; performance indicators; productivity; research; research productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901633679     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2012.754860     Document Type: Article

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