Distributions of scientific funding across universities and research disciplines

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 183-196

  Wu, Jiang ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution fits; Distribution of scientific funding; Gini coefficient; Inequality of funding allocation; NSFC

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EDUCATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DISTRIBUTION FITS; DISTRIBUTION OF SCIENTIFIC FUNDING; GINI COEFFICIENTS; INEQUALITY OF FUNDING ALLOCATION; NSFC;

FINANCE;

EID: 84921316847     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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