Supplementary Open Access
Most economic publications do not provide open access. Yet the articles published there may be accompanied with related Internet material that is openly accessible—in particular pre-print, post-print...
View ArticleCall for Papers: The Economics of Limited and Open Access Publishing
Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) is a 38 year old journal published by the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland branch) that has just adopted an open access policy. To celebrate this important...
View ArticleOctober 14, 2008, Open Access Day
October 14, 2008, has been declared Open Access Day to increase the awareness of Open Access. RePEc, and its predecessors, have been promoting open access for 15 years now, by enhancing the...
View ArticleRePEc archives: BC Statistical Software Components archive
One of the most actively accessed RePEc series is the Boston College Statistical Software Components (SSC) archive. This was the first RePEc series to list software, rather than working papers, journal...
View ArticleRePEc archives: AgEcon Search
This guest post was written by Julie Kelly and Louise Letnes. Over the past few months, the papers that make up AgEcon Search have been added to RePEc. All papers are available in full text, and they...
View Article1000 archives participating in RePEc
With last week’s additions, RePEc is now carrying bibliographic data from over 1000 archives. This is a good opportunity to give a reminder how data actually makes it to RePEc. Indeed, there is no...
View ArticleThe Economics of Open Access Publishing
Open Access Publishing is the free distribution of research, whether it is as a pre-print (working paper) or a peer-reviewed article. Since the creation of the web, more and more journal are choosing...
View ArticleAbout self-archiving your research
When you write a paper, you typically pursue several goals. One is to publish it in a good journal in order to get recognition for your work. The other is to get read and have an impact (and get...
View ArticleWhy discussion paper archives should not allow the removal of items
The archives listed in RePEc differ in their policies regarding withdrawal of items, or replacement of an old item by a newer one. Some archives, like NBER, permit withdrawals and replacements, while...
View ArticleEconStor: A RePEc Archive for Research from Germany
This guest post was written by Jan Weiland. EconStor is a subject-based repository for economics and business administration maintained by the German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information...
View ArticleOpenness of Economic Data and Code
The publication of an article or a working paper is only part of the scientific process. Scrutiny by the scientific community during the peer-review process and later through replication attempts and...
View Article100 countries contribute through RePEc archives
The mission of RePEc is to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics. An essential part of this is the democratization of access to research, both for the readers to find research and for...
View ArticleJust in time for Open Access Week: 1 million Economics working papers indexed...
As we celebrate the yearly Open Access Week, we are proud to announce that RePEc now indexes over one million working papers, as pre-prints are typically called in Economics. Working papers have long...
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