Audience matters: A study of how authors select educational journals

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Cheung, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Education research; Journal selection; Reward maximization model; Scholarly publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651167641     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v17i2.731     Document Type: Article

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