TY - JOUR
AU1 - Lawrence, Steve
AB - correspondence third-party search services. Free online e-access availability of scientific literature offers These letters form part of Nature’s current debate on access to the scientific literature. substantial benefits to science and For more examples, see ç http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/index.html. society. To maximize impact, minimize redundancy and speed scientific progress, authors and publishers should aim to conference for a particular year, for make research easy to access. Free online availability example), looking at the percentage Steve Lawrence increase in citation rates for online articles. NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, substantially increases When offline articles were more highly Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA cited, we used the negative of the a paper’s impact percentage increase for offline articles: Sir — The volume of scientific literature hence if the average number of citations Authors willing to pay for for offline articles is two, and the average far exceeds the ability of scientists to identify and use all relevant information. for online articles is four, the percentage instant web access increase would be 100%. For the opposite The ability to locate relevant research quickly will dramatically improve situation, the percentage increase would be Sir — Authors of journal articles want their communication and scientific 
TI - Free online availability substantially increases a paper's impact
JF - Nature
DO - 10.1038/35079151
DA - 2001-05-31
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/free-online-availability-substantially-increases-a-paper-s-impact-EcpLGrXRME
SP - 521
EP - 521
VL - 411
IS - 6837
DP - DeepDyve
ER -