Journal Rankings, Collaborative Research and Publication Strategies: Evidence from China

Accounting Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-255

  Hussain, Simon ^a   Liu, Lana ^a   Wang, Yue ^b   Zuo, Lingyan ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; collaborative research; Journal ranking lists; publication strategies; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934758166     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1037776     Document Type: Article

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