A multi-objective decision-making approach to the journal submission problem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Wong, Tony E ^a   Srikrishnan, Vivek ^a   Hadka, David ^b   Keller, Klaus ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; TENSION; ECOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NEGOTIATING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020479853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178874     Document Type: Article

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