Open access books attract many more readers and slightly more citations

Academics who offer their books free online reach many more readers and are cited slightly more often. Surprisingly enough, it has little effect on the sale of paper editions, positive or negative. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Ronald Snijder. PhD defence 29 January. …

Siehe dazu https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2019/01/open-access-books-attract-many-more-readers-and-slightly-more-citations

Das Buch: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/68465

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