Scholarly electronic journal publishing: A study comparing commercial and nonprofit/university publishers

Serials Librarian

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 165-183

  Galyani Moghaddam, Golnessa ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Commercial publishers; Electronic journals; Journal prices; Nonprofit publishers; Scholarly journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249719494     PISSN: 0361526X     EISSN: 15411095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J123v51n03_11     Document Type: Article

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