Open access is a well-established way of publishing
research results. There are many studies investigating
the influence of open access on visibility of articles and
citation counts. In this study, an overview and analysis
of bibliometric studies analysing the extent and speed
of citation were prepared, with special emphasis on the
impact of open access, separately for certain scientific
disciplines. We also highlight other factors that mainly
affect the increased visibility and, consequently, the
increase of the total citation count. We found that
in the future it will be necessary to standardize the
methodology of studying the effects of open access on
citations, before the hypothesis of a positive correlation
between the number of citations and open access can
be fully confirmed or refuted.
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