Impacts of performance-based research funding systems: The case of the Norwegian Publication Indicator

Research Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-117

  Aagaard, Kaare ^a   Bloch, Carter ^a   Schneider, Jesper W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Citation impact; Funding; Performance based research funding systems; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940720370     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvv003     Document Type: Article

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