Reception of Spanish sociology by domestic and foreign audiences differs and has consequences for evaluation

Research Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-89

  López Piñeiro, Carla ^a,b   Hicks, Diana ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

IN RECS; national research evaluation; sociology; SSH; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928540728     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvu030     Document Type: Article

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