The Open-Factor: Toward Impact-Aligned Measures of Open-Access eBook Usage
The Journal of Electronic Publishing,
A statistical analysis of usage data for open-access ebooks from two different publishers and from a free ebook distribution…
A statistical analysis of usage data for open-access ebooks from two different publishers and from a free ebook distribution…
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Credit: Johan Bollen et al., PLoS…
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