A study of the impact of data sharing on article citations using journal policies as a natural experiment.

This study estimates the effect of data sharing on the citations of academic articles, using journal policies as a natural experiment. We begin by examining 17 high-impact journals that have adopted the requirement that data from published articles be publicly posted. We match these 17 journals to 1...

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Main Authors: Garret Christensen, Allan Dafoe, Edward Miguel, Don A Moore, Andrew K Rose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225883