Cover: Using Bibliometrics to Support the Procurement of NIHR Biomedical Research Centres in England

Using Bibliometrics to Support the Procurement of NIHR Biomedical Research Centres in England

Published in: Research evaluation, v. 18, no. 1, Mar. 2009, p. 71-82

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2009

by Thed van Leeuwen, Stijn Hoorens, Jonathan Grant

The bespoke process to procure the biomedical research centres resulted in relatively low transaction costs, compared to more traditional routes into funding research centres.

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