The effect of a two-stage publication process on the Journal Impact Factor: A case study on the interactive open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-97

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   Neuhaus, Christoph ^a   Daniel, Hans Dieter ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Journal Impact Factor; Open access; Peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649956489     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0250-4     Document Type: Article

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