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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? Research grants vs. publication output

Sabine GralkaFaculty of Business and Economics, TU Dresden, Dresden, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Klaus WohlrabeCenter for Macroeconomics and Surveys, ifo Institute, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-2641View further author information
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Lutz BornmannDivision for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-7091View further author information
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Pages 322-341 | Published online: 19 Mar 2019

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