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Approaches to creating ‘humane’ research evaluation metrics for the humanities

By: Stacy Konkiel  
Open Access
|Nov 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.445 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 4, 2018
Accepted on: Oct 15, 2018
Published on: Nov 15, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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