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Is it true that Open Access journals and books have lower impact factors?

April 26, 2017Books factors impact Journals lower

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Is it true that Open Access journals and books have lower impact factors?

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No. It is not true. It is confirmed that Open Access journals and books have bigger impact factor. You can review the research on impact factor of Open Access works using three different measurements on MIT website and this video.

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p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } No. This is not true. Research has confirmed that Open Access journals and books have a greater impact factor. You can review the research on the impact factor of Open Access works using three different measurements on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) website.