Antelman K "Do open-access articles have a greater research impact?" COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 65 (5): 372-382 SEP 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

Kristin Antelman : kristin_antelman at ncsu.edu



Title    : Do open-access articles have a greater research impact?

Author(s): Antelman K

Source   : COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 65 (5): 372-382 SEP 2004

Abstract:
Although many authors believe that their work has a greater research impact
if it is freely available, studies to demonstrate that impact are few. This
study looks at articles in four disciplines at varying stages of adoption of
open access-philosophy, political science, electrical and electronic
engineering and mathematics-to see whether they have a greater impact as
measured by citations in the ISI Web of Science database when their authors
make them freely available on the Internet. The finding is that, across all
four disciplines, freely available articles do have a greater research
impact. Shedding light on this category of open access reveals that scholars
in diverse disciplines are adopting open-access practices and being rewarded
for it.


Addresses: Antelman K (reprint author), N Carolina State Univ Lib, Raleigh,
NC 27695 USA
N Carolina State Univ Lib, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA

E-mail Addresses: kristin_antelman at ncsu.edu

Publisher: ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA

IDS Number: 860RT
ISSN: 0010-0870

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