Cardinal ScholarThis link opens in a new windowProvides access to Ball State's scholarly works and institutional records, including Theses and Dissertations and University Records and Publications. Note: You may need a BSU username and password to access some content.
Description: Provides access to Ball State's scholarly works and institutional records, including Theses and Dissertations and University Records and Publications. Note: You may need a BSU username and password to access some content. Time Period: 1950's to present Sources: Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Music, News, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Archival Material, Audio, Citations, Dissertation and Theses Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Ball State University Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
A study conducted by Kristin Antelman shows a significant increase in citations for open access publications in the fields of philosophy, political science, electrical and electronic engineering, and mathematics.
Research suggests that visibility and accessibility gained through open access publishing is greatest for highly cited, high-quality research and scholarship.
Institutional repositories can provide metrics documenting the global impact of an item deposited, including number of page views and geographic range of visitors, to any contributor.
Recent research emphasizes the importance of open access self-archiving of scholarly preprints on accelerating scholarly communication.
A 2009 study focusing on published agricultural research found a six-fold increase in citations for open access articles when compared to non-open access articles.
Over 25 individual studies of scholarly communication have confirmed a citation advantage for open access scholarship.
