Scholarly reputation in the digital age and the role of emerging platforms and mechanisms

Research Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-49

  Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Nicholas, David ^b   Herman, Eti ^b  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CIBER RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic reputation; Europe; Higher education; ResearchGate; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964897191     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvv032     Document Type: Article

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