New Research Article: “Open Access Meets Discoverability: Citations to Articles Posted to Academia.edu”

The following article was recently published by PLOS One.
Title
Open Access Meets Discoverability: Citations to Articles Posted to Academia.edu
Authors
Yuri Niyazov
Academia.edu
Carl Vogel
Polynumeral
Richard Price
Academia.edu
Ben Lund
Academia.edu
David Judd
Academia.edu
Adnan Akil
Academia.edu
Michael Mortonson
Academia.edu
Josh Schwartzman
Academia.edu
Max Shron
Polynumeral
Source
PLOS ONE
February 17, 2016
Abstract

Using matching and regression analyses, we measure the difference in citations between articles posted to Academia.edu and other articles from similar journals, controlling for field, impact factor, and other variables. Based on a sample size of 31,216 papers, we find that a paper in a median impact factor journal uploaded to Academia.edu receives 16% more citations after one year than a similar article not available online, 51% more citations after three years, and 69% after five years. We also found that articles also posted to Academia.edu had 58% more citations than articles only posted to other online venues, such as personal and departmental home pages, after five years.

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