'Predatory' open access: A longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shen, Cenyu ^a   Björk, Bo Christer ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Open access; Scientific publishing

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARKETING; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; WRITING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84942599911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0469-2     Document Type: Article

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