Monthly Archives: January 2014

The careers of converts – how a transfer to BioMed Central affects the Impact Factors of established journals

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Does open access increase the likelihood for articles to be cited, or to be cited more often, compared to articles published in subscription-based journals? The questions around such an ‘open access citation effect’ – its size, indeed its existence, and how it may relate to different open access models – have been discussed for many… Read more »

Open Access Publishing
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