Open access in the developing regions: Situating the altercations about predatory publishing;L’accès libre dans les régions en voie de développement: Situation de la controverse concernant les pratiques d’édition déloyales

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-80

  Nwagwu, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing countries; Open access; Predatory publishing; Scholarly publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960155814     PISSN: 1195096X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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