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Features of top-rated gold open access journals: An analysis of the scopus database

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  • Ennas, Gianfranco
  • Di Guardo, Maria Chiara

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The goal is to identify the features of top-rated gold open access (OA) journals by testing seven main variables: languages, countries, years of activity and years in the DOAJ repository, publication fee, the field of study, whether the journal has been launched as OA or converted, and the type of publisher.

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  • Ennas, Gianfranco & Di Guardo, Maria Chiara, 2015. "Features of top-rated gold open access journals: An analysis of the scopus database," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 79-89.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:9:y:2015:i:1:p:79-89
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.11.007
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