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Higher education research as tribe, territory and/or community: a co-citation analysis

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Higher education research as tribe, territory and/or community: a co-citation analysis. / Tight, Malcolm.
In: Higher Education, Vol. 55, No. 5, 05.2008, p. 593-608.

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Tight M. Higher education research as tribe, territory and/or community: a co-citation analysis. Higher Education. 2008 May;55(5):593-608. doi: 10.1007/s10734-007-9077-1

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