Research on women in science and higher education: A bibliometric analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 795-812

  Dehdarirad, Tahereh ^a   Villarroya, Anna ^a   Barrios, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Gender differences; Higher education; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935292     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1574-x     Document Type: Article

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