Usage Trends of Open Access and Local Journals: A Korean Case Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Seo, Jeong Wook ^a   Chung, Hosik ^b   Yun, Jungmin ^c   Park, Jin Young ^d   Park, Eunsun ^d   Ahn, Yuri ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Naver Green Factory   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Industrial Technology ^*  (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; SCOPUS; SOUTH KOREA; UNIVERSITY; WEB OF SCIENCE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL; PUBLICATION; TRENDS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEOUL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84969787018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155843     Document Type: Article

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