Patterns of internationalization and criteria for research assessment in the social sciences and humanities

Scientometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 357-368

  Sivertsen, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Book publishing; Evaluation criteria; Humanities; Internationalization; Journals; Language; Publication patterns; Research assessment; Scopus; Social sciences; Societal relevance; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963717772     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1845-1     Document Type: Article

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