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While​ ​editors​ ​benefit​ ​directly​ ​from​ ​TWL's​ ​publisher​ ​relationships,​ ​readers​ ​face​ ​the​ ​same​ ​obstacle of​ ​closed​ ​access​ ​paywalls​ ​that​ ​TWL​ ​was​ ​created​ ​to​ ​overcome​ ​for​ ​editors.​ ​OABot (​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OABOT​)​ ​is​ ​a​ ​tool​ ​that​ ​finds​ ​open​ ​access​ ​versions​ ​of references​ ​in​ ​Wikipedia​ ​articles.​ ​If​ ​no​ ​URL​ ​is​ ​included​ ​in​ ​the​ ​citation,​ ​it​ ​adds​ ​one​ ​that​ ​points​ ​to an​ ​open​ ​access​ ​repository​ ​version​ ​of​ ​the​ ​source;​ ​if​ ​one​ ​is​ ​available,​ ​OABot​ ​uses​ ​the​ ​Dissem.in service​ ​(​http://dissem.in/​)​ ​to​ ​find​ ​these​ ​versions​ ​from​ ​sources​ ​like​ ​CrossRef,​ ​BASE,​ ​DOAI,​ ​and SHERPA/RoMEO.​ ​On​ ​an​ ​article​ ​like​ ​Cancer,​ ​which​ ​has​ ​200​ ​citations,​ ​15%​ ​will​ ​have free-to-read​ ​links​ ​to​ ​repository​ ​versions​ ​added.​ ​Those​ ​links​ ​will​ ​be​ ​accompanied​ ​by​ ​a​ ​green​ ​open lock​ ​icon​ ​broadcasting​ ​their​ ​availability​ ​to​ ​readers.​ ​This​ ​expands​ ​on​ ​previous​ ​efforts​ ​led​ ​by Daniel​ ​Mietchen​ ​and​ ​other​ ​open​ ​access​ ​advocates​ ​to​ ​present​ ​icon-based​ ​indications​ ​of​ ​open access​ ​sources​ ​as​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​OA​ ​Signalling​ ​Initiative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness​).​ ​The​ ​growing prominence​ ​of​ ​both​ ​open​ ​access​ ​publishing​ ​and​ ​article-level​ ​metrics​ ​(altmetrics)​ ​amplify​ ​each other​ ​on​ ​Wikipedia:

"The​ ​odds​ ​that​ ​an​ ​open​ ​access​ ​journal​ ​is​ ​referenced​ ​on​ ​the​ ​English​ ​Wikipedia​ ​are​ ​47% higher​ ​compared​ ​to​ ​closed​ ​access​ ​journals.​ ​Moreover,​ ​in​ ​most​ ​of​ ​the​ ​world's​ ​Wikipedias, a​ ​journal's​ ​high​ ​status​ ​(impact​ ​factor)​ ​and​ ​accessibility​ ​(open​ ​access​ ​policy)​ ​both​ ​greatly increase​ ​the​ ​probability​ ​of​ ​referencing.​ ​Among​ ​the​ ​implications​ ​of​ ​this​ ​study​ ​is​ ​that​ ​the chief​ ​effect​ ​of​ ​open​ ​access​ ​policies​ ​may​ ​be​ ​to​ ​significantly​ ​amplify​ ​the​ ​diffusion​ ​of science,​ ​through​ ​an​ ​intermediary​ ​like​ ​Wikipedia,​ ​to​ ​a​ ​broad​ ​public​ ​audience."​13

Part​ ​of​ ​supporting​ ​readers​ ​is​ ​making​ ​the​ ​creation​ ​of​ ​accurate​ ​and​ ​thorough​ ​citations​ ​easy​ ​in​ ​the first​ ​place.​ ​Through​ ​a​ ​TWL​ ​partnership​ ​with​ ​OCLC,​ ​editors​ ​can​ ​now​ ​use​ ​the​ ​WorldCat​ ​API​ ​to automatically​ ​generate​ ​book​ ​citations​ ​in​ ​Wikipedia​ ​articles.​ ​They​ ​need​ ​only​ ​enter​ ​the​ ​ISBN​ ​in​ ​a citation​ ​tool,​ ​which​ ​then​ ​draws​ ​from​ ​WorldCat​ ​to​ ​return​ ​fully​ ​formatted​ ​bibliographic​ ​metadata,

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