The following preprint was recently posted to Humanities Commons
Title
The Open-Factor: Toward impact-Aligned Measures of Open-Access Ebook Usage
Author
Eric Hellman
Free Ebook Foundation
Source
via Humanities Commons
Abstract
A statistical analysis of usage data for open-access ebooks from two different publishers and from a free ebook distribution platform indicates that open-access ebook usage is distributed following log-normal statistics. Using a quantity related to the logarithm of download counts, dubbed the “open-factor”, will measure impact in better alignment with the goals of open-access ebook publishing.
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