Multiple open access availability and citation impact

Authors:
Jingfeng Xia;Rebekah Lynette Myers;Sara Kay Wilhoite
Affiliations:
School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University,Indianapolis, IN, USA;School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University,Indianapolis, IN, USA;University Library of Columbus, Ivy Tech Community College,Columbus, IN 47203, USA
Venue:
Journal of Information Science
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This research examines the relationship between multiple open access (OA) availability of journal articles and the citation advantage by collecting data of OA copies and citation numbers in 20 top library and information science journals. We discover a correlation between the two variables; namely, multiple OA availability of an article has a positive impact on its citation count. The statistical analysis reveals that for every increase in the availability of OA articles, citation numbers increase by 2.348.