Publication rate expressed by age, gender and academic position - A large-scale analysis of Norwegian academic staff

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-333

  Rørstad, Kristoffer ^a   Aksnes, Dag W ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic; Age; Gender; Position; Productivity; Publication

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ACADEMIC; AGE; GENDER; POSITION; PUBLICATION;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84924747533     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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