Open Access and Citation Frequency: Evaluating Trends in High-Impact General Internal Medicine Journals

Authors

Amirala S. Pasha
Anand R. Habib
Fatimah Bello, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Stephen Fuest

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-8-2025

Abstract

A known benefit of open access (OA) for publishing authors is a larger audience, with a proposed downstream effect of increased citations. This has been studied in multiple internal medicine disciplines such as cardiology and oncology, yet to our knowledge this remains undefined for general internal medicine.^1,2 The decision to publish OA or subscription access (SA) has multiple individual and systemic consequences.³ We aimed to assess whether publishing OA had an association with citation counts in high-impact general internal medicine journals.

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Pasha, A. S., Habib, A. R., Bello, F., & Fuest, S. (2025). Open Access and Citation Frequency: Evaluating Trends in High-Impact General Internal Medicine Journals. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09578-4

Publication Title

Journal of General Internal Medicine

DOI

10.1007/s11606-025-09578-4

Academic Level

faculty

Mentor/PI Department

Internal Medicine