Effect of E-printing on Citation Rates in Astronomy and Physics

Henneken, Edwin A.; Kurtz, Michael J.; Eichhorn, Güenther; Accomazzi, Alberto; Grant, C. S.; Thompson, Donna M.; Murray, Stephen S.

doi:10.3998/3336451.0009.202

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“…The incorporation of the arXiv abstracts resulted in the powerful alerting service myADS-arXiv. 5 Since mid-2004, arXiv usage data are incorporated in the ADS 'also-read' statistics. The collaboration provides a unique opportunity to study differences between the ADS and arXiv readership.…”

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E‐prints and journal articles in astronomy: a productive co‐existence

et al. 2007

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Are the e‐prints (electronic preprints) from the arXiv repository being used instead of journal articles? We show that the e‐prints have not undermined the usage of journal papers from the four core journals in astrophysics. As soon as the journal article is published, the astronomical community prefers to read it and the use of e‐prints through the NASA Astrophysics Data System drops to zero. This suggests that most astronomers have access to institutional subscriptions and that they choose to read the journal article. In other words, the e‐prints have not undermined journal use in this community and thus currently do not pose a financial threat to publishers. Furthermore, we show that the half‐life (the point at which the use of an article drops to half the use of a newly published article) for an e‐print is shorter than for a journal paper.

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“…Quality bias means that authors post their best articles that are more likely to be cited freely on the web. Ten studies confirm the phenomenon of early advantage (31,38,41,(68)(69)(70)(71)(72)(73)77,81).…”

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“…Metcalfe (72) compared 7,000 articles from 13 major astronomy journals in order to find out if OA articles were made OA either in the arXiv or in Montana State University's solar physics Open Access archive. Henneken (73) traced the citations of the articles published in 2 astronomy and 2 physics journals. Metcalfe (74) researched 341 articles from 3 physics journals.…”

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The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

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IzvlečekIzhodišča: Namen članka je podati pregled vpliva odprtega dostopa na znanstvene objave v medicini glede na tri kategorije: citiranost, vidnost in omembe v socialnih medijih.Metode: Podatke smo pridobili z iskalno strategijo, ki je vsebovala ključne besede, kot so "open access", "citation impact", "citation advantage", "citations count", "article download", "article usage", "social media attention" in "altmetrics".Rezultati: Z iskalno strategijo, ki smo jo uporabili v treh zbirkah podatkov, smo pridobili stosedem člankov, primernih za analizo. V sedeminšestdesetih člankih izmed teh se uporablja enostavna metodologija štetja citatov odprtodostopnih člankov in člankov iz naročniških revij, v devetnajst člankih se primerja število citatov in vpogledov, v enaindvajsetih člankih se raziskujejo omembe v socialnih medijih. Od tega je petindvajset člankov medicinskih, v katerih se obravnava vpliv vseh navedenih kategorij.Zaključki: V sedeminšestdesetih člankih izmed teh se uporablja enostavna metodologija štetja citatov odprtodostopnih člankov in člankov iz naročniških revij, v devetnajst člankih se primerja število citatov in vpogledov, v enaindvajsetih člankih se raziskujejo omembe v socialnih medijih. Od tega je petindvajset člankov medicinskih, v katerih se obravnava vpliv vseh navedenih kategorij. AbstractBackground: The aim of the article is to conduct an overview of the impact of OA on the medical articles based on 3-part categorization.Methods: Data were identified by a search strategy with eight combinations of keywords (open access, citation impact, citation advantage, citation count, article download, article usage, social media attention, altmetrics) and searched in three different databases. Results:The analysis was conducted on 107 studies dealing with citations, downloads and social impact. Sixty-seven of them simply employed the counting citations to OA and non-OA articles; nineteen articles compared the downloads and citations counts; and twenty-one articles investigated the social impact of OA articles. Twenty-five articles investigated the citations, download counts, and social impact of medical articles. Conclusions:The studies investigating the citation impact mostly showed citation advantages. Those that employed citation and download counts of medical articles using randomized controlled trials showed that OA articles were downloaded significantly more frequently, but found no evidence

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“…Started back in 1991, the arXiv was one of the precipitating factors that led to the OA movement. Henneken et al (2006) find that papers submitted to the arXiv are more cited than comparable articles not present in the archive, and also that, in general, the most important papers are submitted to the arXiv before they are published elsewhere.…”

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rends in Research and Publication: Science 2.0 and Open Access

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2009

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This paper considers current trends in academic research and publication, in particular as seen from the control community. The introduction of Web 2.0 applications for scientists and engineers is currently changing the way research is being conducted. In the near future, participants in the research community will be able to share ideas, data and results like never before. They will also be able to manage the rapidly increasing amount of scientific information much more effectively than today through collaborative efforts enabled by the new Internet tools. However, an important premise for such a development is the availability of research material. Many research results are currently shielded behind expensive subscription schemes that impede the sharing of information. At the same time, an increasing amount of research is being published through open access channels with unrestricted availability. Interestingly, recent studies show that such policies contribute to an increased number of citations compared to the pay-based alternatives. In sum, the parallel development of new tools for research collaboration and an increased access to research material may fundamentally transform the way research is going to be conducted in the future.

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Effect of E-printing on Citation Rates in Astronomy and Physics

Abstract: In this report we examine the change in citation behavior since the introduction of the arXiv e-print repository (Ginsparg, 2001). It has been observed that papers that initially appear as arXiv e-prints get cited more than papers that do not (

Cited by 59 publications

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E‐prints and journal articles in astronomy: a productive co‐existence

E‐prints and journal articles in astronomy: a productive co‐existence

The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

rends in Research and Publication: Science 2.0 and Open Access

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