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* To maximise research access, supplement the existing system: Do as before, but also: Self-archive the preprint in your university’s Eprint Archive, so every would-be user can access it. Self-archive the postprint in your university’s Eprint Archive, so every would-be user can access it. Research access is maximized and so research impact is maximized. * Multiple regression analysis. Here four metrics are tested against citation counts as the criterion. * * Open AccessFree/Open Software, Open Data, Creative CommonsWikipedia: Commonalities and Distinctions Stevan Harnad UQAM U Southampton FSFS Kerala 2008 What is Open Access (OA)? Free online access to refereed research articles FSFS Kerala 2008 Open Access to What? ESSENTIAL: to all 2.5 million annual research articles published in all 25,000 peer-reviewed journals (and peer-reviewed conferences) in all scholarly and scientific disciplines, worldwide OPTIONAL: (because these are not all author give-aways, written only for usage and impact): 1. Books 2. Textbooks 3. Magazine articles 4. Newspaper articles 5. Music 6. Video 7. Software 8. “Knowledge” (or because author’s choice to self-archive can only be encouraged, not required in all cases): 9. Data 10. Unrefereed Preprints FSFS Kerala 2008 There are two ways to provide OA: Green OA Self-Archiving: Authors self-archive the articles they publish in the 25,000 peer-reviewed journals Gold OA Publishing: authors publish in one of the c. 3500 OA / NB: This presentation is exclusively about providing Green OA, through university policy reform (by mandating Green OA Self-Archiving). It is not about Gold OA Publishing, which is in the hands of the publishing community, not the university community. (Green OA may or may not eventually lead to Gold OA, but it will lead with certainty to OA.) FSFS Kerala 2008 Why OA? OA maximizes research progress: uptake, usage, applications and impact Direct benefit of OA: research progress Side-Benefi