Opportunities and opportunism: Publication outlet selection under pressure to increase research productivity

Research Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 66-77

  Önder, Çetin ^a   Erdil, Selin Eser ^b  

^a Ankara Social Sciences University   (Turkey)

^b YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Management; Opportunism; Predatory; Research productivity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020244786     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvx006     Document Type: Article

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