Academic research resources and academic quality: a cross-country analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-123

  Lin, Pin Hua ^a,b   Chen, Jong Rong ^b,c   Yang, Chih Hai ^b  

^a Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Academic quality; Ordered probit model; Relative citation impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939874753     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1362-z     Document Type: Article

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