Comments on: Should You Pay To Get Cited?

By: Richard Gayle

Richard Gayle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:53:07 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong but in many cases the electronic versions that authors are allowed send out are not the same as the published versions, whose copyright is held by the publisher. Would publishers be happy if everyone got a final version for free from an author?

The main source of conflict (and it is rapidly disappearing, I think) arises because scientists want to share their results in an open atmosphere to as many people as possible but many of the business models for publications depend on restricting this sharing.

I expect we will find a new level of openness that also permits successful business models to flourish. Free availability of high quality articles is an example.

By: Bench Marks » Blog Archive » Link Roundup 12-05-2008

Bench Marks » Blog Archive » Link Roundup 12-05-2008 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:32:53 +0000

[...] Open Access and Citations Another study asking whether open access provides an advantage to getting citations for your articles. This one says no. [...]

By: Joseph J. Esposito

Joseph J. Esposito — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:44:35 +0000

The idea that OA adds to citations is simply crazy, but it’s good to get confirmation of the self-evident. Where OA could have an advantage is in page views and downloads, though even there I doubt that such an advantage, if there is one, will persist for long as traditional publishers become more skillful with search engine marketing.