The Effect of Use and Access on Citations
Michael J. Kurtz, Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn Grant,, Markus Demleitner, Edwin Henneken, Stephen S. Murray
TL;DR
This study investigates how free online access influences citation counts of journal articles, analyzing data from NASA ADS and arXiv to understand the underlying causes of increased citations.
Contribution
It provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between open access and citation frequency, identifying factors contributing to higher citation rates.
Findings
Open access articles tend to receive more citations.
Free online availability increases article visibility.
The study highlights access as a key factor in citation impact.
Abstract
It has been shown (S. Lawrence, 2001, Nature, 411, 521) that journal articles which have been posted without charge on the internet are more heavily cited than those which have not been. Using data from the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ads.harvard.edu) and from the ArXiv e-print archive at Cornell University (arXiv.org) we examine the causes of this effect.
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