Is open access sufficient? A review of the quality of open-access nursing journals

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-64

  Crowe, Marie ^a   Carlyle, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Journal impact factor; Mental health nursing; Nursing research; Open access

Indexed keywords

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NURSING RESEARCH; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLICATION;

DATA ACCURACY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING RESEARCH; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 84920913990     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12098     Document Type: Article

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