More evidence that OA increases citation impact
Monday, December 5, 2005
Open Access News- Effect of open access on citation rates for a small biomedical journal
CONCLUSIONS. Open access was associated with increase in the number of citations received by the articles. It also decreased the lag time between publication and the first citation. For smaller biomedical journals, OA could be one of the means for improving visibility and thus citation rates.
Open Access — laura
