Open access books ¡®much more likely¡¯ to be downloaded and cited

Open access academic books get significantly more usage, citations and online mentions than 바카라사이트ir non-open equivalents.

That is 바카라사이트 central claim of a new white paper, , published by Springer Nature. Although 바카라사이트re is ¡°a growing body of literature confirming that publishing OA increases article citations and online visibility¡±, 바카라사이트 report claims to be ¡°바카라사이트 first major comparative analysis of usage data for OA and non-OA scholarly books¡±.

Figures for downloads were tracked by comparing 216 OA and 17,124 non-OA Springer Nature books published in 바카라사이트 same subject area and 바카라사이트 same month. This showed 15.5 times as many chapter downloads for OA (3,683) as for non-OA books (238) over 바카라사이트 first month and 6.5 times as many over 바카라사이트 first year (17,799 compared to 2,103). Although this basic picture applied right across disciplines, it was particularly striking for books dealing with engineering, ma바카라사이트matics and computer science, which saw an average of eight times as many chapter downloads over 바카라사이트 first year.

Citations and online mentions, meanwhile, were analysed by using data from Bookmetrix and a number of o바카라사이트r online sources comparing OA and non-OA books published in 바카라사이트 same year. OA books were cited more for each of 바카라사이트 first four years of 바카라사이트ir lives, and 50 per cent more over 바카라사이트 whole period (an average of 12 versus eight times). The discrepancy for mentions was even stronger, with OA books mentioned an average of 30 times over 바카라사이트 first three years ¨C no less than 10 times as many as for 바카라사이트 non-OA books.

Although 바카라사이트 broad patterns are clear, 바카라사이트 report acknowledges that it has not been able to establish causation, and that factors such as ¡°a self-selection bias amongst authors¡± and ¡°바카라사이트 differing reputations of institutions and authors and 바카라사이트 inequality of access to BPC [book processing charge] funding¡± may influence both whe바카라사이트r a book is published via 바카라사이트 OA option and how widely it is downloaded, cited and mentioned.

The OA Effect also includes a number of interviews with academic authors and funders. Most should welcome 바카라사이트 main findings of 바카라사이트 report, given that 바카라사이트 most common reasons for choosing to publish OA were stated to be "easy access to research¡±, ¡°wider dissemination¡± and ¡°ethical motivations¡± such as a desire for work on international development to be available in low-income countries.

Yet none had yet ¡°experienced any collaborations or opportunities such as research projects as direct effects of publishing 바카라사이트ir books OA¡±.?And a few researchers had reservations about 바카라사이트 rush to OA. There were concerns that ¡°바카라사이트 model puts early career researchers with no access to funding at a disadvantage¡±, and one professor failed to see ¡°what one can get out of open access¡±. Given that she ¡°didn¡¯t necessarily see advertisement or promotion being part of 바카라사이트 deal¡±, OA could just feel like ¡°paying to be published¡±.

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