On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:43 AM, S Nieminen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello All, > Does anyone have concrete examples of where openly accessible papers in an > institutional repository have increased their citation numbers from pre-IR > days? I am putting together some advocacy materials and would like to know > if there are examples like this available. We, of course, cannot prove this > change in citation activity from our own data as yet. See Steve Hitchcock's Bibliography of Findings on the Open Access Impact Advantage http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/ > > > > Satu > > > > Ms Satu Nieminen > Bradford University Repository Project > > BURP! > University of Bradford > JB Priestley Library > Richmond Road > Bradford > BD7 1DP > Tel 01274 233400 > Fax 01274 233398 > Email [log in to unmask] > >