Concentration of research funding leads to decreasing marginal returns

Research Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 396-404

  Mongeon, Philippe ^a   Brodeur, Christine ^b   Beaudry, Catherine ^b,c   Lariviere, Vincent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Research funding; Science policy; Scientific impact; Scientific output

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016191663     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvw007     Document Type: Article

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