Researchers’ Adoption of an Institutional Central Fund for Open-Access Article-Processing Charges: A Case Study Using Innovation Diffusion Theory

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Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Pinfield, Stephen ^a   Middleton, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

article processing charges; Gold OA; Innovation Diffusion Theory; open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976483614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244015625447     Document Type: Article

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