Open access and global participation in science - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Feb 20;323(5917):1025.

doi: 10.1126/science.1154562.

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• PMID: 19229029
• DOI: 10.1126/science.1154562

Open access and global participation in science

James A Evans et al. Science. 2009.

Abstract

Previous investigations into the impact of open-access journals on subsequent citations confounded open and electronic access and failed to track availability over time. With new data, we separated these effects. We demonstrate that a journal receives a modest increase in citations when it comes online freely, but the jump is larger when it first comes online through commercial sources. This effect reverses for poor countries where free-access articles are much more likely to be cited. Together, findings suggest that free Internet access widens the circle of those who read and make use of scientists' investigations.

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• Open access: the sooner the better.
  Eisen M, Salzberg S. Eisen M, et al. Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):266; author reply 266-7. doi: 10.1126/science.325_266c. Science. 2009. PMID: 19608896 No abstract available.
• Open access: the self-selection effect.
  Burdett AN. Burdett AN. Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):266; author reply 266-7. doi: 10.1126/science.325_266b. Science. 2009. PMID: 19608897 No abstract available.
• Open access: increased citations not guaranteed.
  Davis PM. Davis PM. Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):266; author reply 266-7. doi: 10.1126/science.325_266a. Science. 2009. PMID: 19608898 No abstract available.

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