Characteristics of papers published in journals: an analysis of open access journals, country of publication, and languages used

Scientometrics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1007-1023

  Fukuzawa, Naomi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Country of publication; Journal; Languages used; Open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019832771     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2414-y     Document Type: Article

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