Impact of inbreeding on scientific productivity: A case study of a Japanese university department

Research Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-157

  Morichika, Noriyuki ^a   Shibayama, Sotaro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic labor market; Creativity JEL codes: O31 I23; Inbreeding; Mobility; Scientific productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942242745     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvv002     Document Type: Article

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