Against the grain
Last updated ISSN 1043-2094
Against the grain is published by Yale University Press in computer science. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Against the grain concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Library Science and Administration
- Academic Writing and Publishing
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- Web and Library Services
Key facts
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1043-2094, 2380-176X |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 6,458 |
| Publishing since | 1989 |
| Journal website | catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/19378899.htm |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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