Article accesses: links to citations, weekend effects and seasonality

2026/07/23 by Tolga Yuret · 2 voices
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Research Data Management Practices #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.1007/s11192-026-05710-1

crossref issued 2026/07/23 · crossref published 2026/07/23 · crossref published-online 2026/07/23 · openalex publication_date 2026/07/23 · crossref created 2026/07/23 · crossref deposited 2026/07/23 · crossref indexed 2026/07/23 · openalex created_date 2026/07/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Citations

• The Sci-Hub effect on papers’ citations

Discussions

• Articles receive about 11% fewer views on weekends than on weekdays. An even stronger seasonal effect appears during summer: in June-August, the average number of daily article views is roughly 50% lo [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
• Articles receive about 11% fewer views on weekends than on weekdays. An even stronger seasonal effect appears during summer: in June-August, the average number of daily article views is roughly 50% lo [mastodon, 0 points, 0 comments]