Re: Open Access and Impact

["\"FrederickFriend\"" <ucylfjf@ucl.ac.uk>]

No doubt we all interpret such reports according to our own prejudices,
but my reaction to the ISI study is that the result is good for open
access, in that at this very early stage in the availability of open
access journals they are already up there with subscription journals in
citation counts. As Ann comments, "it's early days", and as use of open
access journals grows, citation levels should also rise. But I admit my
bias!

Fred Friend

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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 4:19 AM
Subject: ISI: Open Access and Impact

> 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.
>
> *****
> 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
> marie.mcveigh@thomson.com