Barely Significant
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PLoS Biol · 2006 · PMC1459247 · PMID 16683865

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a borderline significant trendp = 0.045actually significant
An aggregate variable, indicating the average citation frequency of a paper from the first and last author combined, shows a borderline significant trend towards OA authors being cited more often per paper (OA = 12.31 versus non-OA = 10.02; Z = 2.001, p = 0.045).

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