Open Access news

Six things that researchers need to know about open access. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #94: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/02-02-06.htm

The effect of open access and downloads (‘hits’) on citation impact: a bibliography of studies
http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html.
See also the scientific study of impact related to income in J.A. Evans and J. Reimer (2009) Open Access and Global Participation in Science. Science 323 (5917), 1025. DOI link

On June 28, the Research Councils UK (RCUK) published its long-awaited
open-access policy for public comment. The comment period ends on August
31, 2005. See more in the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, 7/2/05: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-05.htm