Science periodicals in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries

Notes and Records

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 297-304

  Shuttleworth, Sally ^a   Charnley, Berris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Science; Science communication; Science journals; Science periodicals

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HISTORY; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE; TRENDS;

FORECASTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCIENCE;

EID: 84994579907     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2016.0026     Document Type: Review

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