What year? Difficulties in identifying the effect of policy on university output

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 933-936

  Hicks, Diana ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85021367894     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2017.05.020     Document Type: Letter

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