The profits of free books: an experiment to measure the impact of open access publishing

Snijder, Ronald

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“…In the original experiment the books were divided into 4 sets of 100 titles (Snijder 2010). Three sets were immediately made available in open access; the fourth set was used as control and lacked full online availability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The citations were obtained using the same method as in the original experiment (Snijder 2010). For each of the monographs a URL pointing to a search at Google Scholar was constructed.…”

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“…In 2009, an experiment was conducted on 400 monographs, measuring the effects of open access on discovery, online consultation, sales figures, dissemination channels and citations (Snijder 2010). In line with expectations, the experiment found that making books freely available enhances discoverability and online consultation.…”

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Revisiting an open access monograph experiment: measuring citations and tweets 5 years later

Snijder

2016

Scientometrics

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An experiment run in 2009 could not assess whether making monographs available in open access enhanced scholarly impact. This paper revisits the experiment, drawing on additional citation data and tweets. It attempts to answer the following research question: does open access have a positive influence on the number of citations and tweets a monograph receives, taking into account the influence of scholarly field and language? The correlation between monograph citations and tweets is also investigated. The number of citations and tweets measured in 2014 reveal a slight open access advantage, but the influence of language or subject should also be taken into account. However, Twitter usage and citation behaviour hardly overlap.

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“…The citations were obtained using the same method as in the original experiment (Snijder 2010). For each of the monographs a URL pointing to a search at Google Scholar was constructed.…”

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Snijder

2016

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“…But the few studies which do look at the effect of open access availability on print or other for-sale content, are inconclusive. Snijder's 2010 study, the most recent in this field, finds no relationship between accessibility and sales, and earlier research is mostly anecdotal [8,10,19].…”

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OAPEN-UK: An open access business model for scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences1

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Collins

2012

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“…In fact, the best scholarship is always creative, and the 1 Ronald Snijder's findings show that the Open Access publishing of books enhances their discovery and online consultation. (Snijder, 2010) best production is always critically aware. The digital humanities seems another space within the academy where the divide between making and interpreting might be bridged in productive ways.…”

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Practise what you preach: Engaging in humanities research through critical praxis

Adema

2013

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article explores how a cultural studies perspective can be used to critically analyse practices of conducting research within the (digital) humanities. It uses, among others, the example of the author’s PhD dissertation currently in process, which is set up as a theoretical and practical intervention into existing discourses surrounding the dominant form of formal communication within the humanities: the scholarly monograph. A methodology of critical praxis is seen as an integral part of the research project as well as an important step in developing academic or research literacy through actively engaging in the production of communicative norms and practices. Envisioning the book as a site of struggle over new forms and systems of communication within academia, the dissertation argues for alternative ways of thinking of and performing the monograph in an experimental manner. By making use of digital platforms, tools and media to share, remix and update the research as it evolves, the aim is to develop a digital, open and collaborative research practice. This will offer a practical critique of the dominant structures, politics and practices of producing and distributing research results. This article thus argues for the empowering potential of critically analysing and actively engaging with the dominant norms underlying communication in the humanities as well as with the structures that determine academic literacy and the established and accepted practices herein. By arguing for a potential new future for the book within scholarly communication as an emergent and evolving form, based on accessibility, sharing, process and change, this article makes a case for new ways of engaging a critical praxis that is more speculatory, open-ended and experimental.

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The profits of free books: an experiment to measure the impact of open access publishing

Abstract: ABSTRACT. This article describes an experiment to measure the impact of open access (OA) publishing of academic books. During a period of nine months, three sets of 100 books were disseminated through an institutional repository, the

Cited by 17 publications

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Revisiting an open access monograph experiment: measuring citations and tweets 5 years later

Revisiting an open access monograph experiment: measuring citations and tweets 5 years later

OAPEN-UK: An open access business model for scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences1

Practise what you preach: Engaging in humanities research through critical praxis

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