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  • 1.  open scholarship and research impact?

    Posted Sep 23, 2021 09:31 AM

    Hi all: does anyone know of any research or other information on the effect of open scholarship/open science on research impact?

    We're running a workshop for our faculty later in October on the components of open scholarship, and I'm taking on the research  metrics/impact side of things-looking to see what might be out there on the pros and cons of all things open (OA publishing, data, etc) when it comes to the impact of research (and how it's measured).

     

    Thanks for any ideas!

    Jim



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    James Morris-Knower
    Research & Global Initiatives Librarian
    Albert R. Mann Library
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  • 2.  RE: open scholarship and research impact?

    Posted Sep 23, 2021 08:56 PM
    Edited by System Sep 01, 2022 02:36 PM
    Hi Jim,

    If you're defining research impact in the narrow and traditional way of citations, there is a recent paper out that has a good review of the various studies looking at citation rates of OA vs. non-OA articles. As with most things in this area, the answer is really, "it depends," especially on discipline.
    Langham-Putrow, A., Bakker, C., & Riegelman, A. (2021). Is the open access citation advantage real? A systematic review of the citation of open access and subscription-based articles. PLOS ONE, 16(6), e0253129. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253129
    Thanks,
    Eric

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    Eric Schares
    Iowa State University
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  • 3.  RE: open scholarship and research impact?

    Posted Sep 27, 2021 10:02 AM

    Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas on this topic-much appreciated!

     

    Jim

     




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