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Getting Cited: Does Open Access Help?


Patrick Gaule


University of Geneva - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

Nicolas Maystre


UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Department of Economics - University of Geneva
November 12, 2008


Abstract:     
We reexamine the widely held belief that free availability of scientific articles increases the number of citations they receive. Since open access is relatively more attractive to authors of higher quality papers, regressing citations on open access and other controls yields upward biased estimates. Using an instrumental variable approach, we find no significant effect of open access. Instead, self-selection of higher quality articles into open access explains at least part of the observed open access citation advantage.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 16

Keywords: scholarly publishing, open access, free access

JEL Classification: O33, O38

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Date posted: July 3, 2009 ; Last revised: April 27, 2012

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Gaule, Patrick and Maystre, Nicolas, Getting Cited: Does Open Access Help? (November 12, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1427763 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1427763

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Patrick Gaule (Contact Author)
University of Geneva - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences ( email )
40, data base of the Bridge of Arve
Geneva, CH-1211
Switzerland
Nicolas Maystre
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( email )
Palais des Nations
Room: E 10013
Geneva, 1211
Switzerland
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Department of Economics - University of Geneva ( email )
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