An expanded approach to evaluating open access journals

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 307-327

  Ray, Margaret ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Center for Economic Education   (United States)

^c College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Journal quality; Open access publishers; Scholarly publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978909226     PISSN: 11989742     EISSN: 17101166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jsp.47.4.307     Document Type: Article

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