Countries positioning in open access journals system: An investigation of citation distribution patterns

Scientometrics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-31

  Sotudeh, Hajar ^a   Horri, Abbas ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

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EID: 70350371465     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-1870-4     Document Type: Article

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