Electronic publishing opportunities, manifested today in a variety of electronic journals and Web-based compendia, have captured the imagination of many scholars. These opportunities have also destabilized norms about the character of legitimate scholarly publishing in some fields. Unfortunately, mu
Electronic publishing and scientific communication
β Scribed by Carmel Maguire; Robin Kench
- Book ID
- 103591679
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-7136
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