Prior evidence that downloads predict citations


Harnad, Stevan and Brody, Tim (2004) Prior evidence that downloads predict citations. Montreal Gazette

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Pernbeger's (2004) finding that download counts (what we call "usage impact") of British Medical Journal articles predict citation counts ("citation impact") for those articles in subsequent years confirm what Tim Brody's online usage/citation correlator http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php has been demonstrating for several years now across a number of areas in physics and mathematics ( Brody & Harnad 2004, in prep.): There is a significant correlation between downloads today and citations two years later.

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Additional Information: Commentary On: Thomas V Perneger, Relation between online "hit counts" and subsequent citations: prospective study of research papers in the BMJ BMJ 2004; 329: 546-547
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Keywords: open access, research impact, self-archiving, journal publication, downloads, citations
Divisions: Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science
Item ID: 260206
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2005
Last Modified: 01 Mar 2012 11:05
Contributors: Harnad, Stevan (Author)
Brody, Tim (Author)
Date: 2004
Additional Information: Commentary On: Thomas V Perneger, Relation between online "hit counts" and subsequent citations: prospective study of research papers in the BMJ BMJ 2004; 329: 546-547
Status: Published
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/260206

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