A longitudinal comparison of citation rates and growth among open access journals

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 642-650

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Article Processing Charge; Citation rate; Open access; Scopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BROKEN DOWN; CITATION RATE; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS; SCOPUS;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 84877147682     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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