The effects of open access on un-published documents: A case study of economics working papers

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-133

  Frandsen, Tove Faber ^a  

^a Royal School   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Economics; Grey literature; Open access advantage; Working papers

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149093612     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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