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Open Access Doesn't Mean More Citations

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | August 06, 2008 - 15:55

Journal literature available for free on the web certainly leads to wider distribution of one’s scholarship, but does it leader to wider use, as far as citations are concerned? Not according to a recent study reported in the British Medical Journal and summarized in the Cornell Chronicle. While open access articles are downloaded more than subscription access works, they are not more likely to be cited by subsequent researchers. It’s the quality of the scholarship that leads to citations, say the authors, and the highest quality articles are also likely to be widely and freely available. The study involved articles from scientific journals.

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