Open access in ethics research: an analysis of open access availability and author self-archiving behaviour in light of journal copyright restrictions

Scientometrics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 291-317

  Laakso, Mikael ^a   Polonioli, Andrea ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic social networks; Copyright; Ethics; Open access; Philosophy; Scholarly publishing; Sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046033764     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2751-5     Document Type: Article

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