The Web impact of open access social science research

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-507

  Kousha, Kayvan ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36549043860     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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