%0 Journal Article %1 evans_open_2009 %A Evans, James A. %A Reimer, Jacob %D 2009 %J Science %K citation, journal, libre\_acces %N 5917 %P 1025 %R 10.1126/science.1154562 %T Open Access and Global Participation in Science %U http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5917/1025.abstract %V 323 %X Previous investigations into the impact of open-access journals on subsequent citations confounded open and electronic access and failed to track availability over time. With new data, we separated these effects. We demonstrate that a journal receives a modest increase in citations when it comes online freely, but the jump is larger when it first comes online through commercial sources. This effect reverses for poor countries where free-access articles are much more likely to be cited. Together, findings suggest that free Internet access widens the circle of those who read and make use of scientists' investigations.

@article{evans_open_2009, abstract = {Previous investigations into the impact of open-access journals on subsequent citations confounded open and electronic access and failed to track availability over time. With new data, we separated these effects. We demonstrate that a journal receives a modest increase in citations when it comes online freely, but the jump is larger when it first comes online through commercial sources. This effect reverses for poor countries where free-access articles are much more likely to be cited. Together, findings suggest that free Internet access widens the circle of those who read and make use of scientists' investigations.}, added-at = {2011-03-24T16:45:37.000+0100}, author = {Evans, James A. and Reimer, Jacob}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a724d454d975657ff003f5026327fa65/boudry}, doi = {10.1126/science.1154562}, interhash = {f81c5842daa0f164b0d89498e5a6583d}, intrahash = {a724d454d975657ff003f5026327fa65}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {citation, journal, libre\_acces}, month = feb, number = 5917, pages = 1025, timestamp = {2011-03-24T16:45:39.000+0100}, title = {Open Access and Global Participation in Science}, url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5917/1025.abstract}, volume = 323, year = 2009 }