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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You might find the following article useful, especially where you are mobilising your researchers to help update the info on Wikipedia in support of the <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/oa-week-editathon">Wikipedia Edit-a-thon</a> initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:24.0pt;margin-right:24.0pt' id=emailbody><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="96%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:96.62%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="0%" style='width:.98%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.8pt'><a name=1></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/LSEImpactBlog/~3/Arvg7J9QgAU/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000;text-decoration:none'>Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications.</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#555555'>Posted: 08 Sep 2015 03:15 AM PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>When you edit Wikipedia to include a claim, you are required to substantiate that edit by referencing a reliable source. According to a recent study, the single biggest predictor of a journal’s appearance in Wikipedia is its impact factor. One of the exciting findings, writes Eamon Duede, is that it appears Wikipedia editors are putting a premium on open access content. […]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feedburner/LSEImpactBlog/~4/Arvg7J9QgAU?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' width="2%" colspan=2><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr height=0><td width=65 style='border:none'></td><td width=310 style='border:none'></td><td width=310 style='border:none'></td><td width=23 style='border:none'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>