Measuring Value in Open Access Repositories
Open access institutional repositories were created to promote access to
information, encourage scholarly communication, and demonstrate
institutional prestige. While these repositories have been widely
adopted, the quality of their contents often fails to represent their
institution's scholarly output. Moreover, current research uses
measurements of quantity, not quality, to assess their value. In
response, this article opens new areas of scholarly inquiry by assessing
the quality of contents. This is accomplished through a cross-sectional
study of repositories at American colleges and universities across the academic spectrum, using citation indexing to identify an institution's articles and authors of highest impact.
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