Open-access repository

Short description: Open-access research database

An open repository or open-access repository is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitate open access such repositories must be interoperable according to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Search engines harvest the content of open access repositories, constructing a database of worldwide, free of charge available research.[1][2][3] Data repositories are the cornerstone for FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data practices and are used expeditiously within the scientific community.[4]

Open-access repositories, such as an institutional repository or disciplinary repository, provide free access to research for users outside the institutional community and are one of the recommended ways to achieve the open access vision described in the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. This is sometimes referred to as the self-archiving or "green" route to open access.

## Contents

* 1 Benefits
* 2 Software
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Benefits

The benefits of open-access repositories are:

* Opening up outputs of the institution to a worldwide audience;
* Maximizing the visibility and impact of these outputs as a result;
* Showcasing the institution to interested constituencies – prospective staff, prospective students and other stakeholders;
* Collecting and curating digital output;
* Managing and measuring research and teaching activities;
* Providing a workspace for work-in-progress, and for collaborative or large-scale projects;
* Enabling and encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to research;
* Facilitating the development and sharing of digital teaching materials and aids, and
* Supporting student endeavours, providing access to theses and dissertations and a location for the development of e-portfolios.[5]

## Software

The most frequently used repository software for open repositories according to OpenDOAR are Digital Commons, DSpace and EPrints.[6] Other examples are arXiv, bioRxiv, Dryad, Figshare, Open Science Framework, Samvera, Ubiquity Repositories and invenio (solution used by Zenodo).

## See also

* Current research information system
* Digital library
* Digital asset management
* Library publishing
* Open-access archives
* List of academic databases and search engines
* ROARMAP

## References

1. ↑ Jacobs, Neil (2006). Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects. Elsevier. pp. 11. ISBN 9781843342038. https://www.elsevier.com/books/open-access/jacobs/978-1-84334-203-8.
2. ↑ "Open Data, Software and Code Guidelines". https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/for-authors/data-guidelines#selectarepository.
3. ↑ "About – Open Repositories". https://www.openrepositories.org/about/.
4. ↑ Stracke, Konstantin; Evans, Jack (22 March 2024). ""The rise of data repositories in materials chemistry"". Communications Chemistry 7 (1): 63. doi:10.1038/s42004-024-01143-0. PMID 38519628. Bibcode: 2024CmChe...7...63S.
5. ↑ Swan, Alma. "Open Access institutional repositories: A Briefing Paper (2009)". Open Scholarship. http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-01/open_access_institutional_repositories.pdf.
6. ↑ "OpenDOAR Chart - Usage of Open Access Repository Software - Worldwide". http://www.opendoar.org/onechart.php?cID=&ctID=&rtID=&clID=&lID=&potID=&rSoftWareName=&search=&groupby=r.rSoftWareName&orderby=Tally%20DESC&charttype=pie&width=600&height=300&caption=Usage%20of%20Open%20Access%20Repository%20Software%20-%20Worldwide.

## External links

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* Peter Suber, ed. "(Repositories)". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.repositories. "News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research"
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Concepts|

* Gratis versus libre
* Subscription business model
* Paywall
* Copyright transfer agreement
* Academic journal
* Scientific journal
* Manuscript
* Preprint
* Postprint
* Article processing charge
* Predatory publishing

Statements|

* Budapest Open Access Initiative
* Berlin Declaration
* Bethesda Statement
* Durham Statement
* NIH Public Access Policy
* Research Works Act

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* Open access journal ("gold OA" )
* Self-archiving ("green OA" )
* Open-access policy
* Mandate
* Open access repository
* Hybrid open access journal
* Delayed open access journal

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* Creative Commons
* Directory of Open Access Books [ca; ca; DOAB]
* Directory of Open Access Journals
* Initiative for Open Citations
* Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
* Open Archives Initiative
* Open Knowledge
* Open Society Foundations
* Plan S
* Public Library of Science
* Registry of Open Access Repositories
* Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
* Sci-Hub

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* List of repositories
* Public Knowledge Project
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