Revisiting open-access versus non-open-access conventional publications in cytopathology - CytoJournal

"Citation per article for both types of non-OA cytopathology journal articles irrespective of their free access status was lower than OA category.[1] The study highlighted that the authors prefer OA platform, irrespective of their free availability status. Some non-OA journals allow the articles to be available as free resource but usually after some post-publication gap. This may lead the scholar not to prefer such articles. Increasing number of scholars is realizing the advantages and long-term impact without losing the hard earned copyright to their creation."