Does Open Access publishing make a difference to the impact of your paper?

1. Does Open Access publishing
make a difference?
Nicole Potters, TU Delft Library
8-10-2013
Delft
University of
Technology
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3. Are Open Access articles read more?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Inconclusive
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4. Are Open Access articles cited more?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Inconclusive
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5. “Open Access Citation Advantage”
• General agreement that OA articles are downloaded/
accessed more than articles in subscription journals
• Most studies agree that OA articles are cited more
• However:
• could be “early view” advantage
• could be “quality bias”
• major differences between subject areas
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6. Have you read the recent article in
Science about OA and peer review?
1. I have read it
2. I have heard about it
3. I don’t know this article
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7. No peer review at OA journals?
• General agreement that OA articles are downloaded/
accessed more than articles in subscription journals
• Most studies agree that OA articles are cited more
• However:
• could be “early view” advantage
• could be “quality bias”
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8. No peer review at OA journals?
• Article in Science:
• Medical article with obvious flaws submitted to OA
journals, taken from the Directory of Open Access
Journals (DOAJ) and Beall’s List
• More often accepted for publication than rejected
• Publishers were not who or where they claimed to be
• Beall’s List is an overview of predatory publishers: the list is
intended as a warning that these publishers are frauds
• No comparison with regular subscription journals: would
they have accepted the article?
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9. Predatory publishers
• General agreement that OA articles are downloaded/
accessed more than articles in subscription journals
• Most studies agree that OA articles are cited more
• However:
• could be “early view” advantage
• could be “quality bias”
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10. What is the major problem with OA
publishing at the moment?
1. The peer review is just not
good enough
2. Predatory publishers are
taking advantage of OA
funding
3. Both these problems are
major
4. There are no major
problems
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11. Publishing in OA increases the
impact of my articles
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Yes, definitely
Yes, in some cases
It makes no difference
No, it will stay the same
No, the impact will be less
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12. How do you increase your impact as
an author?
• Write good articles!
• Publish in reputable journals
• OA journal:
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Check that the publisher is not on Beall’s List
If the offer seems too good to be true…
• Subscription journal:
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Check the journal on Sherpa/RoMeo: is self-archiving allowed?
Add your preprint/postprint to the TU Delft Repository
• Both OA and subscription journals:
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Are articles from the journal indexed in a good database?
Who are the editors? Are their affiliations correct? Do they (or
their colleagues) publish in the journal?
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13. How do you increase your impact as
an author?
• Make the most of your publications:
• Create profiles and online publication lists
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ResearcherID (Thomson Reuters)
Scopus Author ID (Elsevier)
Google Scholar Citations
ORCID
• h-index…
• Determined by number of publications and number of
citations per publication
• Not improved by publishing in predatory publishers’ journals:
few or no citations
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14. Social media
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15. Social media
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16. Does Open Access publishing make
a difference?
• Open Access articles are read more than articles published
in subscription journals.
• Open Access articles are probably cited more than articles
published in subscription journals.
• There is more to OA publishing than OA journals!
Add your preprints/postprints to the TU Delft Repository to
increase their impact.
• Use social media and publication lists to improve your
visibility. A link to an OA article can be accessed by all!
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17. What will you do?
1. I will publish in OA
journals
2. I will publish in
subscription journals, but
add my preprint/postprint
to TU Delft Repository
3. I will do both
4. I will do neither
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18. Any questions?
n.m.a.m.potters@tudelft.nl
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