From: "Lars Bjørnshauge" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:56:39 +0200 well! - take a look at the SPARC Europe Citation Advantage Service - not quite the conclusion as in the study from the Elsevier Newsletter http://sparceurope.org/oaca/ best Lars Bjørnshauge Managing Director DOAJ - www.doaj.org Consultant SPARC Europe - www.sparceurope.org mobile phone: +45 53 51 06 03 Skype-Id: lbj-lub0603 Twitter: elbjoern0603 e.mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] 2016-09-16 6:24 GMT+02:00 LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]>: > > From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:15:40 -0400 > > From a recent Elsevier newsletter: > > "Based on our close review of the available evidence, there is no > clear citation advantage for open access articles, or at least not one > that can be identified as solely being related to an article’s access > status. Whilst early studies suggested a causal relationship between > article OA status and higher citation counts, subsequent studies > identify weaknesses in the methodology used in earlier studies where a > citation advantage had been found." > > https://www.elsevier.com/connect/citation-metrics-and-open-access-what-do-we-know