The cost implications of open-access publishing in the life sciences

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 619-625

  Walters, William H ^a   Wilder, Esther Isabelle ^b,c  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Journals; Libraries; Open access; Scholarly communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547100523     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570709     Document Type: Review

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