Open access, readership, citations: A randomized controlled trial of scientific journal publishing

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2129-2134

  Davis, Philip M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Science communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMANITIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PUBLISHING;

EID: 79960191255     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-183988     Document Type: Article

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