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More citations Open data citation advantage Open access citation advantage
Open data citation advantage Sharing code is positively associated with number of citations (VandeWalle , 2012) Oceanography Genetics Social sciences Astrophysics Astronomy Similar results: Computer science
Open access citation advantage 70 studies that investigated the so called ‘open access citation advantage’, 17 found no citation advantage, 7 studies were inconclusive, but 46 studies found that there is an advantage (SPARC Europe). Citation advantages range from -5% to 25% to 250% and sometimes even 600%. It does not matter whether articles are published through the golden road or green road
Open data citation advantage If you share your data openly and especially if you publish Open Access, more people will cite your work. (McKiernan et al., 2016)