Getting Excited About Getting Cited: No Need To Pay For OA

Gaulé & Maistre (2011) show that in the case of paid hybrid gold OA, most of the observed citation increase is better explained by the fact that the authors of articles that are more likely to be cited are also more likely to pay for hybrid gold OA. But whether or not to pay money for the OA is definitely not a consideration in the case of Green OA, which costs the author nothing. G & M's economic model does not translate into the economics of doing a few extra keystrokes.