Tuesday, 7 February 2017

reference request - Are open access papers read by a larger readership than paywalled papers?


One of the potential upsides of open access papers is that they can be accessed by anyone for free, including people who don't live or work in a university. As a result, one might think that non-"professional" researchers may access open access papers more than paywalled papers.


Is there any research/study/survey that tried to quantify to what extent open access papers are read by a larger readership than paywalled papers?




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