Playing the game: Writing for elite international journals in an uneven academic world

Publishing and the Academic World: Passion, purpose and possible futures

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 150-163

  McGrath, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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EID: 85013084465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315689418-14     Document Type: Chapter

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