Attracted to open access journals: A bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-82

  Frandsen, Tove Faber ^a  

^a ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Publications; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249133920     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910926121     Document Type: Article

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