... Regardless of whether the Davis study shows anything at all, one clear result they discuss is that open access articles, by most measures, are certainly read more than their subscription-only counterparts. With newer metrics in the pipeline to measure article popularity and impact, such as article online hits or PDF downloads, citation counts may eventually become subordinate to access and readings counts. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 10/15/2008 06:14:00 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.
