For free or for fee? Dilemma of small scientific journals

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-299

  Kljaković Gašpić, Marko ^a   Petrak, Jelka ^a   Rudan, Igor ^a   Biloglav, Zrinka ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDLINE; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CROATIA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; INTERNET; MARKETING; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 34447123813     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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