The impact of impact;O impacto do impacto

Etnografica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-254

  Knowles, Caroline ^a   Burrows, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology and sociology; Higher education; Impact; Markets; Metrics; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904136210     PISSN: 08736561     EISSN: 21822891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/etnografica.3652     Document Type: Article

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