Getting cited: Does open access help?

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1332-1338

  Gaulé, Patrick ^a   Maystre, Nicolas ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Citations; Knowledge diffusion; Open access; Scientific publishing; Self selection

Indexed keywords

CITATIONS; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; OPEN ACCESS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING; SELF-SELECTION;

EID: 80255124888     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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