Open AccessSharing Data Increases Citations
Author(s) -
Thea Marie Drachen,
Ole Ellegaard,
Asger Væring Larsen,
Bertil F. Dorch
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
liber quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1435-5205
pISSN - 2213-056X
DOI - 10.18352/lq.10149
Subject(s) - citation , data sharing , computer science , information retrieval , data science , library science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
This paper presents some indications to the existence of a citation advantage related to sharing data using astrophysics as a case. Through bibliometric analyses we find a citation advantage for astrophysical papers in core journals. The advantage arises as indexed papers are associated with data by bibliographical links, and consists of papers receiving on average significantly more citations per paper per year, than do papers not associated with links to data.