Evolution of open access publishing in Chinese scientific journals

Learned Publishing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-152

  Cheng, Weihong ^a   Ren, Shengli ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 43749089580     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1087/095315108X288884     Document Type: Article

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