Title

Self-archived articles receive higher citation counts than non-OA articles from same political science journals

Authors

Amy Atchison, Valparaiso UniversityFollow
Jonathan Bull, Valparaiso UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

February 2015

Journal Title

The Impact Blog (London School of Economics & Political Science)

Abstract

The low level of research funding for the social sciences in the US is likely to have a direct and negative effect on researchers’ ability to pay the article processing charges associated with the most common Gold OA business model. But there are other options. Amy Atchison and Jonathan Bull look at the benefits of Green Open Access. Their research indicates self-archived/ Green OA articles, regardless of format, receive significantly higher citation counts than do non-OA articles from the same editions of the same major political science journals.

Recommended Citation

Atchison, Amy and Bull, Jonathan, "Self-archived articles receive higher citation counts than non-OA articles from same political science journals" (2015). Political Science and International Relations Faculty Publications. 17.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/poli_sci_fac_pubs/17