Our Open / FAIR Data Work
Taking action to make Data Open or FAIR Our efforts around Open / FAIR Data centre on arming policy-makers with the information they need, providing much-needed guidance on multiple fronts – … Read More
Tag: citations
The Open Data Citation Advantage
SPARC Europe just published a briefing paper on how open data is proving to have a positive effect on research impact in certain disciplines so far. Download the .
OACA table
Study Atchison A & Bull J (2015) Will OA get me cited? An analysis of the efficacy of Open Access publishing in Political Science. PS: Political Science & Politics, (forthcoming). Disciplinary … Read More
The Open Access Citation Advantage Service (OACA)
The OpCit project has for many years kept a list of studies up to date on whether or not there is a citation advantage for Open Access articles. SPARC Europe then updated it in 2015 here: List … Read More
Libraries taking OA action
Recommendations for research libraries Appoint a Scholarly Communications Manager who can make the case for Open Access throughout the entire university Lobby for an Open Access policy at your research institution … Read More
SPARC Europe Open Access Resources
A selection of our OA policy and advocacy resources to share and re-use Documents SPARC Europe papers Tools & services We facilitate the Council of National Open Science Coordinators (CoNOSC) We support the Open … Read More
Open Access benefits
Key OA benefits Researchers and their institutions benefit from having the widest possible audience Researchers provide their articles to publishers for free, because their compensation comes in the form of recognition … Read More