Henk Ellermann, in a post to his weblog -=(In Between)=-: Open Access and Impact, January 21, 2004, relates how he is often questioned about the usefulness of open access for scholars and discusses its potential for increased impact. He cites a tool on the Citebase site, Correlation Generator, which shows the relationship between the number of downloads (from an open access archive) for a paper and the number of times it is cited. Such a correlation for Ellerman demonstrates good sense and that "Open Access is more than just a principe [sic], it is a working principle."
Posted by
Garrett at 1/21/2004 04:07:00 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.
