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Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to explore various types of research materials in Indian institutional repositories.

Design/methodology/approach

– The repositories are identified from the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR). The repository sites were visited to collect the data necessary for the study.

Findings

– The present study reveals that barring a few repositories the collections of most of the repositories are very low. The percentage of archived materials is high for journal papers, and moderate for conference papers/thesis. However it is very low for preprints/working papers, teaching resources and patents.

Originality/value

– The study provides an overview of archived material in institutional repositories in India.

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