On the impact of Gold Open Access journals

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-238

  Gumpenberger, Christian ^a   Ovalle Perandones, María Antonia ^b   Gorraiz, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Directory of Open Access journals (DOAJ); Gold Open Access; Impact analysis; Impact evolution; Journal citation reports (JCR); Journal impact factor; Open Access publishing; SJR; SNIP; Ulrichsweb

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879190709     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0902-7     Document Type: Article

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