ISI: Open Access and Impact

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NOTE:  The report Ms. McVeigh cites below is very interesting.  The
conclusion at this time reads, "The wide distribution of these OA journals
has not yet been shown to have any appreciable effect on their appearance
in lists of cited references in other journals."  It's early days and the 
results may change over time, as the study notes.

Do read and send comments to this list and/or to Ms. McVeigh. 

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:00:10 -0400
From: "McVeigh, Marie" <MARIE.MCVEIGH@thomson.com>
To: "'aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu'" <aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu>
Subject: Open Access and Impact

Ann - I'm new to the LibLicense list - and, indeed, I signed on to the
Listserve so I could follow the discussion of Open Access and Impact.  At
ISI, I and my colleagues had been conducting a study of the citation
patterns of the OA journals covered in the Web of Science, and the
postings on the listserv were very timely.  We have just completed a short
white paper on one aspect of citation analysis on 148 OA science journals
that were listed in the 2002 Journal Citation Reports.  It's available at:  
www.isinet.com/oaj <http://www.isinet.com/oaj>

If you believe it to be of interest to the list, I would appreciate your
making it available.  In any case, I would certainly be interested in your
comments.  

Sincerely,

Marie E. McVeigh
Product Development Manager
marie.mcveigh@thomson.com

Thomson Scientific
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