The research impact of open access journal articles

Openness in Digital Publishing: Awareness, Discovery and Access - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, ELPUB 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 321-330

  Tonta, Yaşar ^a   Ünal, Yurdagül ^a   Al, Umut ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citations analysis; Open access articles; Research impact; Scholarly communication

Indexed keywords

CITATIONS ANALYSIS; E-PRINTS; ELECTRONIC PRINT; INTELLECTUAL WORKS; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS; SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS; UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84869000991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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