The majority of academic papers are scarcely cited while a few others are highly cited. A
large number of studies indicate that there are many factors influencing the number of …

Ongoing debates surrounding Open Access to the scholarly literature are multifaceted and
complicated by disparate and often polarised viewpoints from engaged stakeholders. At the …

Index was published, and that led to the 1961 publication of the Science Citation Index. 2
Irving H. Sher and I created the journal impact factor to help select additional source …

Aims Over the last two decades, the existence of an open access citation advantage (OACA)—
increased citation of articles made available open access (OA)—has been the topic of much …

STM is the leading global trade association for academic and professional publishers. It has
over 150 members in 21 countries who each year collectively publish over 66% of all journal …

Open access (OA) to the research literature has the potential to accelerate recognition and
dissemination of research findings, but its actual effects are controversial. This was a …

Executive summary● Scholarly communication● The research cycle● Types of scholarly
communication● Changes in scholarly communication system● The journal● What is a …

This is a book for everyone who has suddenly needed at short notice to check a reference,
who has tried to find that missing quote, or who has needed urgently to get hold of a copy of …

Background Researchers turn to citation tracking to find the most influential articles for a
particular topic and to see how often their own published papers are cited. For years …

Background The Internet has recently made possible the free global availability of scientific
journal articles. Open Access (OA) can occur either via OA scientific journals, or via authors …