Wikipedia for academic publishing: Advantages and challenges

Online Information Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-373

  Xiao, Lu ^a   Askin, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Electronic publishing; Open access; Open systems; Peer review; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS; ACADEMIC SEARCH; ADJUSTING METHOD; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS; PEER REVIEW; UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES; WIKIPEDIA;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; LIBRARIES; OPEN SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES; WEBSITES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84863822884     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521211241396     Document Type: Article

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