The European research elite: a cross-national study of highly productive academics in 11 countries

Higher Education

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 379-397

  Kwiek, Marek ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Academic profession; European universities; Faculty research productivity; Faculty work; Higher education policy; Highly productive academics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930899710     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9910-x     Document Type: Article

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