Publications as predictors of racial and ethnic differences in NIH research awards

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Ginther, Donna K ^a,b   Basner, Jodi ^c   Jensen, Unni ^c   Schnell, Joshua ^c   Kington, Raynard ^d   Schaffer, Walter T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CLARIVATE ANALYTICS   (Spain)

^d GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIBLIOMETRICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RACE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85056510272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205929     Document Type: Article

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