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

« 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. (…) »

source > insights.uksg.org, Cameron Neylon, Alkim Ozaygen, Lucy Montgomery, Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang, Ros Pyne, Mithu Lucraft, Christina Emery, 2021, Insights 34 (1): 27. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.558

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