Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research

• Yassine Gargouri,

  Affiliation Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Chawki Hajjem,

  Affiliation Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Vincent Larivière,

  Affiliation Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Yves Gingras,

  Affiliation Canada Research Chair in the History and Sociology of Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Les Carr,

  Affiliation School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Tim Brody,

  Affiliation School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Stevan Harnad

  * E-mail: harnad@uqam.ca

  Affiliations Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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