… Based on a sample size of 31,216 papers, we find that a paper in a median impact factor journal
uploaded to … We also found that articles also posted to Academia.edu had 58% more citations
than articles only posted to other online … (2016) Open Access Meets Discoverability …

… Previous studies of the impact of open access on citations have used retrospective
observational methods. Although this approach allows researchers to control for
observable differences between open access and subscription …

… Open access (OA) can effectively increase the accessibility and visibility of scientific articles and
thus … one non‐OA article published in the same issue, we tested the impact of OA … OA articles
received significantly more citations than non‐OA articles, and this citation advantage of …

… Using panel data on science journals, we are able to circumvent problems plaguing previous
studies of the impact of open access on citations … The empirical literature measuring the impact
of open access on citations is a mixture of optimistic claims and contradictory evidence …

… Most of the journals in their study were not open access but were traditional ISI indexed journals
with independent Web … between ISI and Web citations as well as a significant relationship between
the Journal Impact Factor and the average number of Web citations a journal …

Background Citations of papers are positively influenced by the journal's impact factor (IF).
For non-open access (non-OA) journals, this influence may be due to the fact that high-IF
journals are more often purchased by libraries, and are therefore more often available to …

… that scholars in di- verse disciplines are adopting open-access practices at a surprisingly high
rate and are being rewarded for it, as reflected in a traditional measure of research impact …
Budapest Open Access Initiative. Available online from hp://www.soros.org/openaccess …

Barriers to accessing scientific findings contribute to knowledge inequalities based on
financial resources and decrease the transparency and rigor of scientific research. Recent
initiatives aim to improve access to research as well as methodological rigor via …

… From our point of view, both the impact/quality of the journals an author publishes in and the direct
citations of her work should be taken into account when measuring the reputation of a … 4] Budapest
Open Access Initiative (BOAI), http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml …

… Therefore the Hirsch index in our analyses reflects research impact and career length … author,
and length of paper) had a positive and significant (p≤ 0.001) effect on number of citations. Table
1. The data set used to test whether open‐access (OA) publishing affects citation rates …