Scientific potential of European fully open access journals

Jokić, Maja; Mervar, Andrea; Mateljan, Stjepan

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Scientific potential of European fully open access journals

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Jokić, Maja, Mervar, Andrea, Mateljan, Stjepan·2018·Scientometrics

DOI 10.1007/s11192-017-2629-y

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Authors: Jokić, M., Mervar, A., & Mateljan, S.
Affiliations: Institute for Social Research (HR)
Institute of Economics Zagreb (HR)
Corresponding author: Jokić, Maja
ORCID: Jokić, Maja
Mervar, Andrea
Venue: Scientometrics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2017-12-16
Volume: 114
Issue: 3
Pages: 1373-1394
ISSN: 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
1588-2861
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2629-y
OpenAlex: W2774321961
Cited by: 16
References: 61
Citations by year: 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2019: 4
FWCI: 0.98
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
zenodo.org
Licence: other-oa
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (IP-09-2014-9351)
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (645884)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Keywords: open access journals, journal quality, SCImago Journal Rank, h-index, EU accession, EU candidate countries, peer-reviewed journals, science communication

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