Communication regimes in competition: The current transition in scholarly communication seen through the lens of the sociology of technology

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-391

  Bohlin, Ingemar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Eprint archives; Interpretative flexibility; Scholarly journals; Self archiving; Social construction of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047690550     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312704041522     Document Type: Review

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