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Open access articles in hybrid journals attract more downloads, citations, and attention compared to those published behind a paywall. Search Search EN CN(Chinese) DE(German) ES(Spanish) FR(Français) JP(Japanese) Openresearch Home Products Openresearch Authors Booksellers Editors PeerReviewers Librarians Societies Partners Policies Shop Whatwedo Contact Careers↗ SpringerNatureGroup↗ About Fundamentalsofopenresearch GoldorGreenroutestoopenresearch Benefitsofopenresearch Openresearchtimeline Whitepapers Contactus Aboutoverview Journals&books Journals JournalpricingFAQs Books PublishinganOAbook Journals&booksoverview Data Institutionalagreements Funding&support OAarticlefunding ArticleOAfundingandpolicyguidance OAbookfunding BookOAfundingandpolicyguidance Funding&supportoverview Publicationpolicies SpringerNaturejournalpolicies APCwaiversanddiscounts SpringerNaturebookpolicies Publicationpoliciesoverview About Assessingtheopenaccesseffectforhybridjournals Openaccessarticlesinhybridjournalsattractmoredownloads,citations,andattentioncomparedtothosepublishedbehindapaywall.InpartnershipwithDigitalScience,weanalysed aglobalsampleofover70,000articlespublishedinSpringerNaturehybridjournals.Ournewwhitepaper, Assessingtheopenaccesseffectforhybridjournals,examines therelationshipbetweenopenaccess(OA)andimpact,demonstratingthewidervaluehybridjournalsbringtoresearchers,funders,institutions,andsocietymorebroadly.Theglobalanalysisshowedthat:Onaverage,OAarticlesweredownloaded 1.6timesmorebyusersbasedatacademicinstitutions and4 timesmorebyusersoverall,comparedtonon-OAarticles.OAarticlesattractedanaverageof1.6timesmorecitations.OAarticlesattractedanaverageof2.4timesmoreAltmetricattention,with1.9timesmorenewsmentionsthannon-OAarticles. Wesampled 73,925 articlesfromhybridjournals(globally) 9,114 articlesinhybridjournalswithUKauthors Learnmoreaboutthestudy Downloadthefullreport Whitepaper-Assessingtheopenaccesseffectforhybridjournals (PDF,3.03MB) Thiswhitepaperexplorestheimpactadvantageofopenaccess(OA),lookingspecificallyatSpringerNaturehybridjournals. Viewtheinfographic Infographic-Assessingtheopenaccesseffectforhybridjournals (PDF,88.42KB) Anat-a-glancewaytolearnmoreaboutthekeyfindings andmethodologybehindournewwhitepaper.  Viewthedataonfigsharehttps://figshare.com/articles/_/6396290 Hybridusagereport-OAadvantage “Thisreportshowsthathybridjournals,giventheirabilitytopublishbothOAandnon-OAarticles,playanimportantroleinenablingauthorstopublishinthejournaloftheirchoicewhileaidingthegrowthofopenaccesscontent.”“Weknowthatauthorsdon’tmakedecisionsbasedonthepublishingmodelofaparticularjournal,butaremotivatedfirstandforemostbytheirdesiretobepublishedinarelevantpeer-reviewedjournalwithastrongreputationintheircommunity. Werespectacademicindependencesoasaglobalpublisherweneedtocontinuetoofferarangeofpublishingoptionstoensurethatweservethewholeresearchcommunity.”StevenInchcoombe,ChiefPublishingOfficer,SpringerNature StevenInchcoombe Learnmoreabout Exploreopenaccessjournalsandbooks GoldandGreenopenaccess HistoryofopenresearchatSpringerNature Products Journals Books Platforms Databases Researchers&Partners Authors Editors Openresearch Societies Partners Policies Librarians Overview Products Licensing Tools&Services AccountDevelopment Blog Salesandaccountcontacts Ourcompany Overview Aboutus Careers Education Professional Pressoffice Locations&Contact Contact Shop Aboutus Weareaworldleadingresearch,educationalandprofessionalpublisher.Visitourmainwebsiteformoreinformation. SpringerNatureGroup ↗ _ _ _ ©2022SpringerNature Generaltermsandconditions Privacy CaliforniaPrivacyStatement Managecookies/Donotsellmydata Accessibility Legalnotice Helpustoimprovethissite,sendfeedback.