Publishing not perishing: How research students transition from novice to knowledgeable using systematic quantitative literature reviews

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1756-1769

  Pickering, Catherine ^a   Grignon, Julien ^a   Steven, Rochelle ^a   Guitart, Daniela ^a   Byrne, Jason ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Narrative literature review; PhD students; Postdoctoral study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954364777     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.914907     Document Type: Article

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