The Lincoln Repository Ten reasons why you should

1. Because people will find your stuff a. 70% of visits to the Repository

2. Because people will cite your stuff Anything up to a 250% increase in

4. Because it promotes you, your department and the University

5. Because the Library will take care of your records (and your publishers)

7. Because it's the best guarantee of long-term preservation and protection

8. Because everyone else is doing it a. Open. DOAR Directory of Open Access

9. Because funding bodies require it a. SPARC summary of the UK Research Councils'

10. Because the University requires it a. "Use of Repository to Become Universal Practice

Help! eprints@lincoln. ac. uk 01522 83 7427

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The Lincoln Repository Ten reasons why you should put a copy of your work in the Repository

1. Because people will find your stuff a. 70% of visits to the Repository come from Google b. 82% of visits come from outside Lincoln

2. Because people will cite your stuff Anything up to a 250% increase in citations The effect of open access on citation impact 1. Lawrence, S. , Free online availability substantially increases a paper's impact, Nature, 31 May 2001 – Harnad, S. and Brody, T. , Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals, D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 10 No. 6, June 2004 – Antelman, K. , Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? College and Research Libraries, 65(5): 372 -382, September 2004 – Eysenbach, G. , Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles, PLo. S Biology, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2006 – Harnad, S. , et al. , The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: An Update, Serials Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, March 2008, 36 -40

3. Because of the REF

4. Because it promotes you, your department and the University

5. Because the Library will take care of your records (and your publishers)

6. Because you can re-use the info.

7. Because it's the best guarantee of long-term preservation and protection

8. Because everyone else is doing it a. Open. DOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories

9. Because funding bodies require it a. SPARC summary of the UK Research Councils' policies b. SHERPA JULIET - Research funders' open access policies

10. Because the University requires it a. "Use of Repository to Become Universal Practice at Lincoln" b. ROARMAP directory of institutional policies

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