Quality versus quantity: Contradictions in LIS journal publishing in China

Library Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages 205-211

  Calvert, Philip J ^a   Zengzhi, Shi ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Journal publishing; Libraries; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097386     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120110388779     Document Type: Article

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