title: Open Access Meets Discoverability: Citations to Articles Posted to Academia.edu.
abstract: Using matching and regression analyses, we measure the difference in citations between articles posted to Academia.edu and other articles from similar journals, controlling for field, impact factor, and other variables. Based on a sample size of 31,216 papers, we find that a paper in a median impact factor journal uploaded to Academia.edu receives 16% more citations after one year than a similar article not available online, 51% more citations after three years, and 69% after five years. We also found that articles also posted to Academia.edu had 58% more citations than articles only posted to other online venues, such as personal and departmental home pages, after five years.
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niyazov
authors.affiliation: Polynumeral, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Price
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Judd
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akil
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mortonson
authors.affiliation: Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartzman
authors.affiliation: Polynumeral, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shron
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D020407:Internet; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018401:Sample Size