Our article 'Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations' has been published in
#Scientometrics. Bottom line: OA = greater diversity* in researchers using and citing research. *countries, regions & disciplines. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04894-0 #OpenScience

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Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations - Scientometrics

The goal of open access is to allow more people to read and use research outputs. An observed association between highly cited research outputs and open access has been claimed as evidence of increased usage of the research, but this remains controversial. A higher citation count also does not necessarily imply wider usage such as citations by authors from more places. A knowledge gap exists in our understanding of who gets to use open access research outputs and where users are located. Here we

Lucy Montgomery (She/Her) @LucyMontgomery_@toot.community

· 42mo ago

The amazing COKI
technical team has made data from the COKI OA dashboard downloadable in CSV format in time for my @force11@mastodon.world
keynote next week.

Check out the dashboard here: https://open.coki.ac/

Clicking on the 'DOWNLOAD' icon delivers a zip file with csv files and read the docs. Data can be downloaded for countries and institutions. Feedback genuinely welcome.

COKI Open Access Dashboard

How Open is Academia? See how well your university or country performs at open access publishing.

Lucy Montgomery (She/Her) @LucyMontgomery_@toot.community

· 41mo ago

Our article about the COKI #OpenAccess Dashboard has been published.

Article here: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/id/3398/

Checkout the COKI Open Access Dashboard here: https://open.coki.ac

journals.publishing.umich.edu

Making sure you're not a bot!

Lucy Montgomery (She/Her) @LucyMontgomery_@toot.community

· 42mo ago

I have uploaded the slides from my #Force2023 keynote into @zenodo_org@bird. 'When institutions fail communities get busy: Putting open scholarly data into the hands of people who care'. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7851563 #opensource #openaccess #community #innovation

Zenodo

When Institutions Fail, Communities Get Busy: Putting Open Scholarly Data in the Hands of People Who Care. Opening Keynote, Force11 2023 Annual Conference.

Opening Keynote. Force 11 Annual Conference 2023. 18 April. Online. https://force11.org/force2023/ Title: When institutions fail communities get busy. Putting open scholarly data in the hands of people who care. Abstract The Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative is a project that was born of frustration. We wanted to help senior leaders in our university to look beyond league tables and citation counts as indicators of the ‘quality’ and ‘value’ of research, and to start new conversations about why o