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The Open-Factor: Toward impact-aligned measures of open-access ebook usage
- Author(s):
- Eric Hellman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- HuMetricsHSS, Open Access Books Network
- Subject(s):
- Bibliometrics, Open access publishing
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- ebooks, usage data, Internet/web-based media, Open-access publishing
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/4v9p-r947
- Abstract:
- A statistical analysis of usage data for open-access ebooks from two different publishers and from a free ebook distribution platform indicates that open-access ebook usage is distributed following log-normal statistics. Using a quantity related to the logarithm of download counts, dubbed the “open-factor”, will measure impact in better alignment with the goals of open-access ebook publishing.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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