Selection committees for academic recruitment: Does gender matter?

Research Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-404

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^a,b   Rosati, Francesco ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; career advancement; favoritism; gender; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947594835     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvv019     Document Type: Article

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