Transforming scientific communication for the 21st century

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 3-18

  Gass, Steven ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

E prints; Scholarly communication; Scientific communication; Scientific journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035707486     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J122v19n03_02     Document Type: Article

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