Indicative findings from a study of information behaviour in digital business ideation: insights from the developing world

IF 0.7 4区管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.47989/irisic2233

Suraj Ibrahim, R. Marcella, Alan MacLennan

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

1.20

自引率

12.50%

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审稿时长

45 weeks

期刊介绍： Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.