Public accessibility of biomedical articles from PubMed Central reduces journal readership—retrospective cohort analysis

Davis, Philip M.

doi:10.1096/fj.13-229922

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“…Seven articles (60 %) showed no positive relation between citations and downloads (86,87,(95)(96)(97)(98)101). Davis (86)(87)95) reported OA articles received significantly more downloads and were not more likely to be cited than subscription-only articles.…”

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“…The studies from 2012 and 2013 found the reduction in article downloads from the journals' websites when U.S. National Institutes of Health-sponsored articles become freely available from the PubMed Central repository. There is evidence to suggest that the effect of PMC is growing over time (96,97). In generally these studies found OA articles were downloaded significantly more frequently, but found no evidence of an OACA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the research of OACA, randomized controlled trials were selected as a type of methodology used to isolate the effect of the treatment under investigation. The results of these studies showed little evidence that open access status has an independent effect on citation counts but is significantly associated with more downloads and more unique visitors (86,87,(95)(96)(97)(98)101).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

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The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

Turk¹

2017

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IzvlečekIzhodišča: Namen članka je podati pregled vpliva odprtega dostopa na znanstvene objave v medicini glede na tri kategorije: citiranost, vidnost in omembe v socialnih medijih.Metode: Podatke smo pridobili z iskalno strategijo, ki je vsebovala ključne besede, kot so "open access", "citation impact", "citation advantage", "citations count", "article download", "article usage", "social media attention" in "altmetrics".Rezultati: Z iskalno strategijo, ki smo jo uporabili v treh zbirkah podatkov, smo pridobili stosedem člankov, primernih za analizo. V sedeminšestdesetih člankih izmed teh se uporablja enostavna metodologija štetja citatov odprtodostopnih člankov in člankov iz naročniških revij, v devetnajst člankih se primerja število citatov in vpogledov, v enaindvajsetih člankih se raziskujejo omembe v socialnih medijih. Od tega je petindvajset člankov medicinskih, v katerih se obravnava vpliv vseh navedenih kategorij.Zaključki: V sedeminšestdesetih člankih izmed teh se uporablja enostavna metodologija štetja citatov odprtodostopnih člankov in člankov iz naročniških revij, v devetnajst člankih se primerja število citatov in vpogledov, v enaindvajsetih člankih se raziskujejo omembe v socialnih medijih. Od tega je petindvajset člankov medicinskih, v katerih se obravnava vpliv vseh navedenih kategorij. AbstractBackground: The aim of the article is to conduct an overview of the impact of OA on the medical articles based on 3-part categorization.Methods: Data were identified by a search strategy with eight combinations of keywords (open access, citation impact, citation advantage, citation count, article download, article usage, social media attention, altmetrics) and searched in three different databases. Results:The analysis was conducted on 107 studies dealing with citations, downloads and social impact. Sixty-seven of them simply employed the counting citations to OA and non-OA articles; nineteen articles compared the downloads and citations counts; and twenty-one articles investigated the social impact of OA articles. Twenty-five articles investigated the citations, download counts, and social impact of medical articles. Conclusions:The studies investigating the citation impact mostly showed citation advantages. Those that employed citation and download counts of medical articles using randomized controlled trials showed that OA articles were downloaded significantly more frequently, but found no evidence

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

Turk¹

2017

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“…In addition, the assessment of download frequencies can be biased (for example, it is possible to generate a large number of downloads to any particular article by developing automated programs to access those articles) and hence it is difficult to use download frequency in isolation as a measure of academic productivity and impact. In addition, we do not report here on PubMed Central download frequencies, which are likely to constitute a large portion of downloads 89. It is interesting to note that freely available 2012 articles dominate the list of most downloaded articles (that is, five were from 2012, and eight were freely available on publication in a journal issue).…”

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Recent trends in biomedical informatics: a study based onJAMIAarticles

Jiang¹,

Tse²,

Wang³

et al. 2013

J Am Med Inform Assoc

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In a growing interdisciplinary field like biomedical informatics, information dissemination and citation trends are changing rapidly due to many factors. To understand these factors better, we analyzed the evolution of the number of articles per major biomedical informatics topic, download/online view frequencies, and citation patterns (using Web of Science) for articles published from 2009 to 2012 in JAMIA. The number of articles published in JAMIA increased significantly from 2009 to 2012, and there were some topic differences in the last 4 years. Medical Record Systems, Algorithms, and Methods are topic categories that are growing fast in several publications. We observed a significant correlation between download frequencies and the number of citations per month since publication for a given article. Earlier free availability of articles to non-subscribers was associated with a higher number of downloads and showed a trend towards a higher number of citations. This trend will need to be verified as more data accumulate in coming years.

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“…Such a scenario may also affect the community structure in some disciplines by redirecting readership away from journal websites, reducing interaction within societies [17]. In a Biblioleaks scenario, open access publishers that receive the bulk of their income at the point of publication and do not rely on subscriptions or advertising revenue would therefore be at an advantage relative to other publishers.…”

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Is Biblioleaks Inevitable?

2014

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In 2014, the vast majority of published biomedical research is still hidden behind paywalls rather than open access. For more than a decade, similar restrictions over other digitally available content have engendered illegal activity. Music file sharing became rampant in the late 1990s as communities formed around new ways to share. The frequency and scale of cyber-attacks against commercial and government interests has increased dramatically. Massive troves of classified government documents have become public through the actions of a few. Yet we have not seen significant growth in the illegal sharing of peer-reviewed academic articles. Should we truly expect that biomedical publishing is somehow at less risk than other content-generating industries? What of the larger threat—a “Biblioleaks” event—a database breach and public leak of the substantial archives of biomedical literature? As the expectation that all research should be available to everyone becomes the norm for a younger generation of researchers and the broader community, the motivations for such a leak are likely to grow. We explore the feasibility and consequences of a Biblioleaks event for researchers, journals, publishers, and the broader communities of doctors and the patients they serve.

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Public accessibility of biomedical articles from PubMed Central reduces journal readership—retrospective cohort analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

The impact of open access on the medical literature: a review of current literature

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