Do LIS experts select more appropriate journals than journal finders? A study about LIS journals?

The primary aim of the present study is to provide a comparative-analytical analysis of the proposed results of the Manuscript Matcher with the responses of Library and Information Science experts to select the most appropriate journal for manuscript submission. This study is a kind of applied resea...

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