More readers in more places: the benefits of open access for scholarly books

IF 1.1 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Insights-The UKSG Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-10 DOI:10.1629/uksg.558

C. Neylon, Alkim Ozaygen, Lucy Montgomery, C. Huang, R. Pyne, Mithu Lucraft, Christina Emery

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Abstract

Open access to scholarly contents has grown substantially in recent years. This includes the number of books published open access online. However, there is limited study on how usage patterns (via downloads, citations and web visibility) of these books may differ from their closed counterparts. Such information is not only important for book publishers, but also for researchers in disciplines where books are the norm. This article reports on findings from comparing samples of books published by Springer Nature to shed light on differences in usage patterns across open access and closed books. The study includes a selection of 281 open access books and a sample of 3,653 closed books (drawn from 21,059 closed books using stratified random sampling). The books are stratified by combinations of book type, discipline and year of publication to enable likewise comparisons within each stratum and to maximise statistical power of the sample. The results show higher geographic diversity of usage, higher numbers of downloads and more citations for open access books across all strata. Importantly, open access books have increased access and usage for traditionally under-served populations.

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更多地方的更多读者:学术书籍开放获取的好处

近年来，学术内容的开放获取有了长足的发展。这包括在线开放获取出版的图书数量。然而，关于这些书的使用模式(通过下载、引用和网络可见性)与它们的封闭版本有何不同的研究有限。这些信息不仅对图书出版商很重要，而且对以书籍为标准的学科的研究人员也很重要。本文报告了通过比较b施普林格Nature出版的图书样本的发现，以阐明开放获取和封闭获取图书在使用模式上的差异。该研究包括281本开放获取书籍和3653本封闭书籍样本(采用分层随机抽样方法从21059本封闭书籍中抽取)。这些书是通过书籍类型，学科和出版年份的组合来分层的，以便在每个阶层内进行同样的比较，并最大限度地提高样本的统计能力。结果显示，在所有阶层中，开放获取图书的使用具有更高的地理多样性、更高的下载数量和更多的引用。重要的是，开放获取图书增加了传统上服务不足人群的获取和使用。

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Insights-The UKSG Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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1.70

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16 weeks