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

Is the open access citation advantage real? A systematic review of the citation of open access and subscription-based articles

“…Regarding OACA, they looked at nine studies across many disciplines and found variation of methods and materials, but ultimately the citation advantage ranged from -5% to 83% [ 18 ]. Turk [ 19 ] published an overview on OA, pertaining only to medical articles, looking at OA factors in which studies of possible OACA mostly found a citation advantage, but articles reporting randomized controlled trial (RCT) results revealed no OACA. Turk [ 19 ] indicated that other factors may influence a citation advantage for OA such as discipline, impact factor of journals studied, and the early view effect and selection bias Craig noted in 2007 [ 17 ].…”

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

“…Over the past few decades, the effect of OA on the visibility or impact of scientific publications has become one of the most important issues in the fields of bibliometrics and information science. There has been much discussion and analysis as to whether OA affects the number of times a publication is cited (Turk, 2016). A large number of studies have been carried out on the effect of OA on citation rates to articles.…”