Interdisciplinarity and research on local issues: Evidence from a developing country

Research Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-209

  Chavarro, Diego ^a   Tang, Puay ^a   Rafols, Ismael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Excellence; Interdisciplinary research; Local knowledge; Research assessment; Socio economic impact; ST and I capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904366637     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvu012     Document Type: Review

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