tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post1244138561214976347..comments2023-10-07T14:42:16.529+01:00Comments on EASE Blog: B - Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and ScholarshipPaolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578887755970184271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-10896350348659266392008-08-05T02:47:00.000+01:002008-08-05T02:47:00.000+01:00See also: Are Online and Free Online Access Broade...See also: <B><A HREF="http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/443-guid.html" REL="nofollow">Are Online and Free Online Access Broadening or Narrowing Research?</A></B><BR/><BR/><B>Excerpts:</B> Before OA, researchers cited what they could afford to access, and that was not necessarily all the best work, so they could not be optimally selective for quality, importance and relevance...<BR/><BR/>When everything becomes accessible, researchers can be more selective and can cite only what is most relevant, important and of high quality. (It has been true all along that about 80-90% of citations go to the top 10-20% of articles. Now that the top 10-20% (along with everything else in astrophysics), is accessible to everyone, everyone can cite it, and cull out the less relevant or important 80-90%...<BR/><BR/>Are online and free online access broadening or narrowing research? They are broadening it by making all of it accessible to all researchers, focusing it on the best rather than merely the accessible, and accelerating it.Stevan Harnadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374474060972737847noreply@blogger.com