Journal article
Will open access increase journal CiteScores? An empirical investigation over multiple disciplines
PloS one, v 13(8), pp e0201885-e0201885
2018
PMID: 30161156
Abstract
This paper empirically studies the effect of Open Access on journal CiteScores. We have found that the general effect is positive but not uniform across different types of journals. In particular, we investigate two types of heterogeneous treatment effect: (1) the differential treatment effect among journals grouped by academic field, publisher, and tier; and (2) differential treatment effects of Open Access as a function of propensity to be treated. The results are robust to a number of sensitivity checks and falsification tests. Our findings shed new light on Open Access effect on journals and can help stakeholders of journals in the decision of adopting the Open Access policy.
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- Title
- Will open access increase journal CiteScores? An empirical investigation over multiple disciplines
- Creators
- Yang Li - LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaChaojiang Wu - LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaErjia Yan - College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaKai Li - College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Publication Details
- PloS one, v 13(8), pp e0201885-e0201885
- Publisher
- Public LIbrary of Science (PLOS); United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000443388900015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85052837732
- Other Identifier
- 991014976823404721
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- Economics