Impact of open access on citation of scholarly publications in the field of civil engineering

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1033-1045

  Koler Povh, Teja ^a   Južnič, Primož ^a   Turk, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Citation; Civil engineering; Open access; Scholarly publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892883536     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1101-x     Document Type: Article

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