In recent years, the growth of Open Access journals reflects the increasing interest of publishers and researchers in Open Access publications. According to the Scopus data, there has been a growing trend in the ratio of Open Access journals to all journals. Research has shown that articles published in Open Access journals tend to be viewed and cited more in comparison with articles published in subscription-based journals. Publishing articles in Open Access journals may boost the number of received citations by up to 10% [1]. It is clear that an article published in an Open Access journal that is available on the web may be read and indexed by web-based search engines, so it will potentially receive more citations.
ScienceGate database includes more than 40 million Open Access articles (Gold, Green, Hybrid, and Bronze) so that users can find, track, and download them very easily and quickly. All Open Access documents are marked with a green Open Access icon next to the title. Also, the “Download Full-text” button of these documents is green. Moreover, you can filter your query results to only have Open Access documents by clicking on the Open Access box shown in the Full-text filter.
