Do open access biomedical journals benefit smaller countries? The Slovenian experience

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Turk, Nana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electronic journals; Europe; Impact factor; Open access

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONALITY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79955965291     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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