Does Open Access publishing make a difference?

8-10-2013

Challenge the future

DelftUniversity ofTechnology

Does Open Access publishing make a difference?Nicole Potters, TU Delft Library

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Are Open Access articles read more?

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1. Yes2. No3. Inconclusive

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Are Open Access articles cited more?

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1. Yes2. No3. Inconclusive

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“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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Have you read the recent article in Science about OA and peer review?

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1. I have read it2. I have heard about it3. I don’t know this

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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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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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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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What is the major problem with OA publishing at the moment?

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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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Publishing in OA increases the impact of my articles

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1. Yes, definitely2. Yes, in some cases3. It makes no difference4. No, it will stay the

same5. No, the impact will be

less

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How do you increase your impact as an author?

• Write good articles!

• Publish in reputable journals• OA journal:

• Check that the publisher is not on Beall’s List• If the offer seems too good to be true…

• Subscription journal:• Check the journal on Sherpa/RoMeo: is self-archiving

allowed?• Add your preprint/postprint to the TU Delft Repository

• Both OA and subscription journals:• 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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How do you increase your impact as an author?

• Make the most of your publications:• Create profiles and online publication lists

• 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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Social media

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Social media

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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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What will you do?

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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 both4. I will do neither

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Any questions?

n.m.a.m.potters@tudelft.nl