Reference-links in OA journals allow readers to directly access and browse the full-text of the cited references by simply clicking on the hypertext links. Hitchcock et al. (1997) argue that citation-linking improves access to online journals. Citation-linking can also be used to interconnect journals (Harnad & Carr, 2000)....
The new generation of citation indexes like Google Scholar and CiteSeer are based on this assumption....
This study examined whether Yahoo reveals all the citation-links to six OA journals....
It can be concluded that reference-links in OA journals are equivalent to conventional citations....
The hyperlinked connectivity network seems to represent the real inter-relationships and inter-communication between OA journals. Hyperlink network analysis of OA journals enables researchers to identify an invisible network of inter-journal and intra-journal communication. Hyperlink network analysis has rendered visible a latent network among journals.
Citation-links increase readership and at the same time they give a journal (its papers) a better ranking on the search engines especially Google. Citation-links also increase link popularity, traffic and visibility of OA journals....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/26/2008 12:36:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
