A review of the print journal system in the sciences, with prospects for improvement in deficiencies and costs through electronic publishing: Practices and attitudes of publishers and printers, librarians, and scientific authors

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 21-41

  Stankus, Tony ^a  

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EID: 0347811359     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J122v18n02_03     Document Type: Article

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