The role of the internet in informal scholarly communication

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1350-1367

  Barjak, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; INFORMAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 33746876332     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20454     Document Type: Article

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