Self-archiving dermatology articles

Citation pattern of open access and toll-based research articles in the field of biological and physical sciences: a comparative study

“…The student's independent t-test confirms statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) in the average citation count of open and toll-based articles in all the three Impact factor zones of Biological Sciences (High: p 5 0.001 <0 .05; Medium: p 5 0.001 <0 .05; Low: p 5 0.001 <0 .05). Same results have been reported by other studies that articles available without any access barrier do not necessarily tend to attract more citations (Dorta-Gonz alez and Santana-Jim enez, 2014;Sabharwal et al, 2014;Mueller-Langer and Watt, 2018 Citation pattern of OA and TA articles Zawacki-Richter et al, 2010;Davis, 2011;Snijder, 2010;Vanclay, 2013;Banks et al, 2008;Kurtz and Henneken, 2007).…”

“…Same results have been reported by other studies that articles available without any access barrier do not necessarily tend to attract more citations (Dorta-González and Santana-Jiménez, 2014; Sabharwal et al. , 2014; Mueller-Langer and Watt, 2018; Zawacki-Richter et al ., 2010; Davis, 2011; Snijder, 2010; Vanclay, 2013; Banks et al ., 2008; Kurtz and Henneken, 2007).…”

“…Speaking against the rising wave of OA citation advantage, Banks et al (2008) are of the view that there is no statistical difference in citation rates of recent articles by the same authors published in dermatology pay-for-access and the leading OA dermatology journals after weighting by journal impact factor. Their view is based on a study covering five OA and five traditional pay-for-access dermatology journals for the time period 2005-2007.…”