Positioning open access journals in a LIS journal ranking

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-145

  Xia, Jingfeng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858842982     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl-234     Document Type: Article

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