Can the Growth of Mega-Journals Affect Authors' Choice of Journal?

Serials Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 137-146

  Shin, Eun Ja ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

author's choice; citation; impact factor; mega journal; PLoS ONE; publishing; SCIE; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021796776     PISSN: 00987913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2017.1313092     Document Type: Article

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