The Accessibility Quotient: A New Measure of Open Access

INTRODUCTION The Accessibility Quotient (AQ), a new measure for assisting authors and librarians in assessing and characterizing the degree of accessibility for a group of papers, is proposed and described. The AQ offers a concise measure that assesses the accessibility of peer-reviewed research pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deborah Barreau, Ellen Finnie Duranceau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iowa State University Digital Press 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
Online Access:https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12667/