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Citations, Open Access and University Rankings

Citations, Open Access and University Rankings

Clive Baldock
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781522508199|ISBN10: 1522508198|EISBN13: 9781522508205
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch007
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Baldock, Clive. "Citations, Open Access and University Rankings." World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 129-139. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch007

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Baldock, C. (2017). Citations, Open Access and University Rankings. In K. Downing & F. Ganotice, Jr. (Eds.), World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education (pp. 129-139). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch007

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Baldock, Clive. "Citations, Open Access and University Rankings." In World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., 129-139. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch007

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Abstract

The citation impact of research articles contributes to the assessment of the research performance of universities in some international university ranking systems either as the number of citations per paper, number of citations per faculty, total number of citations, number of highly cited papers or percentage of highly cited papers. Publishing research articles in Open Access (OA) journals has the potential for increasing the citation impact of research articles and in so doing improve an institutions position in university rankings. This chapter reviews the evidence for an increase in citations through publishing in Open Access publications.

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