Open science in escience: Contingency or policy?

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-32

  Fry, Jenny ^a   Schroeder, Ralph ^b   Den Besten, Matthijs ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249097831     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910926103     Document Type: Article

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