Very well it seems! Publisher, Springer Nature, in collaboration with Collaborative Open Access Research & Development (COARD), have produced a white paper drilling into the data to reveal what we intuited but now know. Open Access books are downloaded more widely around the world than their non-OA counterparts and are cited on average 2.4 times more often.
There is a downloadable infographic showing the results of the Springer Nature and COARD study.
While the location of the white paper of the same study is:
Some key findings from the Springer Nature-COARD infographic:
For more context and links to other Springer Nature studies on the use and effectiveness of open access books and the motivations of various book authors please go here.
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