Publish or impoverish: An investigation of the monetary reward system of science in China (1999-2016)

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 486-502

  Quan, Wei ^a   Chen, Bikun ^b   Shu, Fei ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cash per publication; China; Chinese university; Journal publication; Monetary reward; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CASH-PER-PUBLICATION; CHINA; CHINESE UNIVERSITIES; JOURNAL PUBLICATION; MONETARY REWARDS; WEB OF SCIENCE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 85031925351     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-01-2017-0014     Document Type: Article

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