British and American Journal Evaluation: Divergence or Convergence?.

Crewe, Ivor; Norris, Pippa

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ERIC Number: EJ442180

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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ISSN: ISSN-1049-0965

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British and American Journal Evaluation: Divergence or Convergence?

Crewe, Ivor; Norris, Pippa

PS: Political Science and Politics, v24 n3 p524-31 Sep 1991

Presents results of a survey comparing British and U.S. political scientists' familiarity with different journals, evaluations of journal quality, and measures of journal impact. Concludes that British and U.S. subjects agree about quality but read different sets of journals. Reports the two groups' familiarity with different literature, theoretical discourse, and research agenda. (DK)

Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Cross Cultural Studies, Diffusion (Communication), Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Transfer, International Communication, Political Science, Research Utilization, Scholarly Journals, Scholarship, Social Scientists, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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