Will open access increase journal CiteScores? An empirical investigation over multiple disciplines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Wu, Chaojiang ^a   Yan, Erjia ^b   Li, Kai ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BIBLIOMETRICS; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PUBLICATION; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85052837732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201885     Document Type: Article

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