Research quality, publications, and impact in civil engineering into the 21st century. Publish or perish, commercial versus open access, internet versus libraries?

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 946-951

  Chanson, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact; Peer reviews; Quality; Research publications

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET;

RESEARCH PUBLICATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; INTERNET; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 36348997717     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-027     Document Type: Review

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