Does open access publishing increase the impact of scientific articles? An empirical study in the field of intensive care medicine.

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-06-17

Summary:

Use the link to access the full text article published by Elsevier and indexed in PubMed. The abstract of the article is available in English and Spanish while the article is written in Spanish. The abstract reads as follows: “OBJECTIVE: Some studies suggest that open access articles are more often cited than non-open access articles. However, the relationship between open access and citations count in a discipline such as intensive care medicine has not been studied to date. The present article analyzes the effect of open access publishing of scientific articles in intensive care medicine journals in terms of citations count. METHODS: We evaluated a total of 161 articles (76% being non-open access articles) published in Intensive Care Medicine in the year 2008. Citation data were compared between the two groups up until April 30, 2011. Potentially confounding variables for citation counts were adjusted for in a linear multiple regression model. RESULTS: The median number (interquartile range) of citations of non-open access articles was 8 (4-12) versus 9 (6-18) in the case of open access articles (p=0.084). In the highest citation range (>8), the citation count was 13 (10-16) and 18 (13-21) (p=0.008), respectively. The mean follow-up was 37.5±3 months in both groups. In the 30-35 months after publication, the average number (mean±standard deviation) of citations per article per month of non-open access articles was 0.28±0.6 versus 0.38±0.7 in the case of open access articles (p=0.043). Independent factors for citation advantage were the Hirsch index of the first signing author (β=0.207; p=0.015) and open access status (β=3.618; p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Open access publishing and the Hirsch index of the first signing author increase the impact of scientific articles. The open access advantage is greater for the more highly cited articles, and appears in the 30-35 months after publication.”

Link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22683044

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

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oa.new oa.impact oa.advantage oa.medicine oa.gold oa.pubmed oa.publishers oa.elsevier oa.metrics oa.citations oa.studies oa.journals

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

06/17/2012, 20:04

Date published:

06/18/2012, 21:28