Publishing and perishing: an academic literacies framework for investigating research productivity

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 519-532

  Nygaard, Lynn P ^a,b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic literacies; academic publishing; academic staff; academic writing; research writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936970926     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1058351     Document Type: Article

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