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RT. A Journal on Research Policy & Evaluation 1 (2017)

Submitted on 16 January 2017, accepted on 26 July 2017, published on 4 August 2017

Doi: 10.13130/2282-5398/7997

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How accessibility influences citation counts: The case of

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Supplementary information 1: Details of statistical analyses

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Table 1

Gold OA versus Non OA

statistics Gold OA Non OA

mean for citation 10.61 6.27

Standard deviation for citation _{25.63 10.74}

Table 2

Green OA versus Non OA

statistics Green OA Non OA

mean for citation _{7.84 6.27}

RT. A Journal on Research Policy & Evaluation 1 (2017)

Submitted on 16 January 2017, accepted on 26 July 2017, published on 4 August 2017

Doi: 10.13130/2282-5398/7997

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Table 3

Post print versus publisher’s version

statistics Post print Publisher version

mean for citation _{3.8 8.1}

Standard deviation for citation _{4.1 11.6}

Table 4

Impact factor (IF) of Green OA versus Impact factor of Non OA

statistics Green OA Non OA

mean for IF 3.21 3.71

Standard deviation for IF 2.64 3.77

Table 5

Impact factor (IF) of Green OA versus Impact factor of Non OA for UT and PU

University Statistics Green OA Non OA

Peking University mean for IF 4.89 4.07

Standard deviation for IF 3.93 4.64

University of Tehran mean for IF 2.31 2.05

RT. A Journal on Research Policy & Evaluation 1 (2017)

Submitted on 16 January 2017, accepted on 26 July 2017, published on 4 August 2017

Doi: 10.13130/2282-5398/7997

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Table 6

Number of authors for Green OA versus Number of authors for Non OA

statistics Green OA Non OA

mean for number of authors 5.40 4.44

Standard deviation for number of