Higher rate of citation

From: Jim Till <till_at_UHNRES.UTORONTO.CA>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:48:46 -0500

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Jan Velterop wrote [in part, on the
Subject: Re: UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) review]:

>jv> Little wonder that scientists are often not aware of the issues of
>jv> serials crises and open access solutions. If they were, many would
>jv> be likely to take an attitude to publishing their research that is
>jv> similar to their attitude towards scientific problems: experiment
>jv> and 'push the envelope'. The theory and the hypotheses are clear.
>jv> And experimental results are now, slowly but steadily, becoming
>jv> available, such as a generally higher rate of citation for articles
>jv> that are freely accessible to anyone.

Is there an (openly-accessible) summary of the evidence that supports the
hypothesis that openly-accessible research reports generally (i.e. in
several quite different disciplines) attract higher citation rates?

If such a summary exists, I'd like to know about it. It would be helpful
to me in my local OA (and FOS) advocacy efforts.

Jim Till
University of Toronto
Received on Fri Nov 29 2002 - 15:48:46 GMT