Author-choice open-access publishing in the biological and medical literature: A citation analysis

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Davis, Philip M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS EFFECTS; ACCESS MODELS; CITATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 58449122586     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20965     Document Type: Article

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