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The impact of free access to the scientific literature: a review of recent research

机译：免费获取科学文献的影响：最新研究综述

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Objectives: The paper reviews recent studies that evaluate the impact of free access (open access) on the behavior of scientists as authors, readers, and citers in developed and developing nations. It also examines the extent to which the biomedical literature is used by the general public.Method: The paper is a critical review of the literature, with systematic description of key studies.Results: Researchers report that their access to the scientific literature is generally good and improving. For authors, the access status of a journal is not an important consideration when deciding where to publish. There is clear evidence that free access increases the number of article downloads, although its impact on article citations is not clear. Recent studies indicate that large citation advantages are simply artifacts of the failure to adequately control for confounding variables. The effect of free access on the general public's use of the primary medical literature has not been thoroughly evaluated.Conclusions: Recent studies provide little evidence to support the idea that there is a crisis in access to the scholarly literature. Further research is needed to investigate whether free access is making a difference in non-research contexts and to better understand the dissemination of scientific literature through peer-to-peer networks and other informal mechanisms.
机译：目标：本文回顾了最近的研究，这些研究评估了自由访问（开放访问）对发达国家和发展中国家科学家作为作者，读者和公民的行为的影响。方法：本文是对文献的批判性回顾，对关键研究进行了系统的描述。结果：研究人员报告说，他们对科学文献的访问总体上是良好的和改善。对于作者而言，在决定发布位置时，期刊的访问状态不是重要的考虑因素。有明确的证据表明，免费访问增加了文章下载的数量，尽管它对文章引用的影响尚不清楚。最近的研究表明，较大的引用优势只是无法充分控制混杂变量而造成的后果。免费访问对公众使用基本医学文献的影响尚未得到彻底评估。结论：最近的研究提供了很少的证据来支持关于获取学术文献的危机的观点。需要进行进一步的研究，以调查免费获取是否在非研究环境中发挥了作用，并通过对等网络和其他非正式机制更好地理解了科学文献的传播。

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