Open access increases citations of papers in ecology

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Tang, Min ^a,b   Bever, James D ^b   Yu, Fei Hai ^a  

^a TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation advantage; Citation pattern; Gross national income; Hybrid journals; Open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026902767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1887     Document Type: Article

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