Downloads as predictors of future citations

[Phil Davis]

Several articles have been published that look at article "hits" as a 
predictor of future citations.  Some researchers use fulltext downloads 
(HTML) as their predictor, some combine HTML and PDF.  Does anyone know 
of a paper that discriminates between the type of view and future 
citations?  In other words, which type of view is the best predictor of 
future citations?  My sense is that it is PDF, but I'm open to be convinced.

Thanks,
Phil

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Philip M. Davis
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