Journal impact factors and the crisis of scholarly communication in Africa: The dilemma of Nigerian academics

Library Review

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 350-359

  Ezema, Ifeanyi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Interpersonal communications; Nigeria; Research; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954009564     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531011047046     Document Type: Article

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