Do structured abstracts take more space? And does it matter?

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-422

  Hartley, James ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; TECHNICAL WRITING;

JOURNAL EDITORS; STRUCTURED ABSTRACTS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 0036407540     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555150202800507     Document Type: Article

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