The citation performance of open access journals: A disciplinary investigation of citation distribution models

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2145-2156

  Sotudeh, Hajar ^a   Horri, Abbas ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL SCIENCES;

OAJ SCIENCE SYSTEM (OAJSS); OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 36849041085     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20676     Document Type: Article

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