A study of open access journals using article processing charges

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1485-1495

  Solomon, David J ^a   Björk, Bo Christer ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWEST PRICE; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS; SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING;

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROFITABILITY;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84864415770     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22673     Document Type: Article

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