Ramorulane, Dave2012-07-262012-07-262012-06Ramorulane, D. Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study. 11th Southern African Online Information Meeting (SAOIM): Innovation in an age of limits, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-8 June 2012saoug.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dave-r.pptxhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/600911th Southern African Online Information Meeting (SAOIM): Innovation in an age of limits, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-8 June 2012Open Access (OA) refers to electronic scholarly articles, books, monographs and other grey literature that is freely available. Various electronic platforms limit access to their content due to subscription costs, firewalls, and other access restrictions such as membership of an association. Publishing in these"closed" platforms tend to limit the exposure researchers will gain, as opposed to publishing on Open Access platforms. A number of studies carried out on the effect of Open Access publishing on citations to articles has shown a significant increase in citation count. This paper will indicate the advantages of publishing in Open Access platforms and will highlight some perspectives from CSIR researchers in this regard.enOpen accessOAOpen access platformsCitation countsBibliometricsH-indexConference PresentationRamorulane, D. (2012). Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6009Ramorulane, Dave. "Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6009Ramorulane D, Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6009 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Ramorulane, Dave AB - Open Access (OA) refers to electronic scholarly articles, books, monographs and other grey literature that is freely available. Various electronic platforms limit access to their content due to subscription costs, firewalls, and other access restrictions such as membership of an association. Publishing in these"closed" platforms tend to limit the exposure researchers will gain, as opposed to publishing on Open Access platforms. A number of studies carried out on the effect of Open Access publishing on citations to articles has shown a significant increase in citation count. This paper will indicate the advantages of publishing in Open Access platforms and will highlight some perspectives from CSIR researchers in this regard. DA - 2012-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Open access KW - OA KW - Open access platforms KW - Citation counts KW - Bibliometrics KW - H-index LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study TI - Open Access and citation count: a CSIR case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6009 ER -