Making the Complete OpenAIRE Citation Graph Easily Accessible Through Compact Data Representation
By: Joakim Skarding and Pavel Sanda
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.520 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 63
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2026
Accepted on: Apr 10, 2026
Published on: Apr 30, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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