## Abstract The present analysis looks at how scientists use the Internet for informal scientific communication. It investigates the relationship between several explanatory variables and Internet use in a crossβsection of scientists from seven European countries and five academic disciplines (astr
The E-volution of preprints in the scholarly communication of physicists and astronomers
β Scribed by Cecelia Brown
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-2882
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