A Method for Comparing Scholarly Journals as Service Providers to Authors

Serials Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Björk, Bo Christer ^a,b   Öörni, Anssi ^a,b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Author value; Journal ranking; Net value submission; Scientific journal; Value added publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349131612     PISSN: 00987913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.serrev.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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