Supply and demand in scholarly publishing: An analysis of factors associated with journal acceptance rates (rip)

Proceedings of ISSI 2013 - 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1640-1648

  Sugimoto, Cassidy R ^a   Larivière, Vincent ^b   Cronin, Blaise ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE RATE; JOURNAL QUALITY; MULTIPLE DOMAINS; SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84896874388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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