Hello Everyone, I hope all of you are doing well in these difficult times. I would like to share with you my latest publication (based on work I did for my doctoral dissertation). The study is titled "*Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies?**" *and it investigates the extent to which a company's usage of open access (OA) literature for R&D activities depends on its size. I tried to justify the assumption made by policymakers about the potentially positive impact OA mandates have on national innovation activity. The study can be found here <https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004/full/html> .
As some of you may know I am generally interested in how non academics benefit from access to academic literature. I have previously done a review of different types of non academic users which I believe I shared with you before. My review *"Who needs access to research? Exploring the societal impact of open access"* is published here <https://journals.openedition.org/rfsic/3271?lang=en&mc_cid=f6b142f550&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D> . All the best, ElHassan -- Dr. ElHassan ElSabry Head of Research Mirqah for Scientific Research & Management Consulting +20(0)100-306-0717 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6135-0280> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6135-0280 <http://www.linkedin.com/in/elhassan-elsabry-61208119b> http://www.linkedin.com/in/elhassan-elsabry-61208119b <http://www.mirqah.com/> www.mirqah.com
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