The hybrid model for open access publication of scholarly articles: A failed experiment?

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1496-1504

  Björk, Bo Christer ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

information access; information infrastructure; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; GRADUAL TRANSITION; HIGH PRICE; HYBRID MODEL; INFORMATION ACCESS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; OPEN ACCESS; SCHOLARLY ARTICLES; SCHOLARLY JOURNALS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 84864399171     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22709     Document Type: Article

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