Platforms for self-archiving
| Repositories | Name of the repositories | Subject coverage | Format coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disciplinary repository | ArXiv (https://arxiv.org/) | Mathematics, non-linear science, quantitative finance and statistics, physics, computer science and quantitative biology | Pre-prints, post-prints and working papers |
| Cogprints (http://cogprints.org/) | Neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, psychology, philosophy and biology | Full-text e-print, post-prints and pre-prints | |
| RCLIS/E-LIS (http://eprints.rclis.org/) | Library and information science | Pre-print, post-print and working paper | |
| RePEC (http://repec.org/) | Economics | Working papers, journals, books and software components | |
| PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) | Biomedical and life sciences literature | Journals, articles and online books | |
| Soc Arxiv (https://socopen.org/) | Social sciences, arts and humanities, education and law | Pre-prints, post-prints and working papers | |
| Humanities Commons (https://hcommons.org/) | Humanities repository for dissertations and theses, work in progress, syllabi, abstracts, data sets, presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles, translations, conference papers, book reviews, maps, charts and more | Articles, monographs, course materials, white papers, code and digital projects | |
| Social science research network (SSRN) (https://www.ssrn.com/) | Engineering sciences, applied sciences, social sciences, health sciences, humanities, life sciences and physical sciences | Papers | |
| Peer J Pre-prints (https://peerj.com/preprints/) | Biology, life science, environmental science, computer science and chemistry | Technical reports from agencies or research groups, working papers, white papers and pre-prints | |
| AgEcon Search- Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics (https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/?ln=en) | Generally speaking, agricultural and applied economics encompass agribusiness, food security, energy and natural resource economics and the growth of international trade | Working papers and reports, journal articles, conference papers and posters, theses or dissertations (see dissertation guidelines), books or book chapters, pre-prints or post-prints of journal articles | |
| Institutional repositories | ROAR (http://roar.eprints.org/) | A accessible global database titled the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) is available, that keeps track of the creation, growth and evolution of institutional repositories with open access, with the content they include | Open-access repositories |
| DOAJ (https://doaj.org/) | Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA) operates the website identified as a list of open access journals that have received community approval is available from the Directory of Open-Access Journals (DOAJ). | Open-access journals | |
| DOAR (https://www.doar.com/) | A UK-based platform Directory of Open-Access Repositories gathers a list of open access repositories. It can be accessed using various criteria, like location and subject. The service does not ask for information from the whole repository and doesn't browse through repository metadata | Open-access repositories encompassing scholarly ones | |
| Digital commons (https://bepress.com/products/digital-commons/) | Digital Commons is a greatest hosted option for open sharing, control and display all of your institution's research and scholarly output | Open educational resources, conference proceedings, journals, campus newsletters, books, and magazines | |
| DSpace (https://www.dspace.com/en/pub/home.cfm) | DSpace is a piece of open-source software used to build open access archives for scholarly and/or published digital information | Book, articles, conference papers, etc. |
| Repositories | Name of the repositories | Subject coverage | Format coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disciplinary repository | ArXiv ( | Mathematics, non-linear science, quantitative finance and statistics, physics, computer science and quantitative biology | Pre-prints, post-prints and working papers |
| Cogprints ( | Neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, psychology, philosophy and biology | Full-text e-print, post-prints and pre-prints | |
| RCLIS/E-LIS ( | Library and information science | Pre-print, post-print and working paper | |
| RePEC ( | Economics | Working papers, journals, books and software components | |
| PubMed ( | Biomedical and life sciences literature | Journals, articles and online books | |
| Soc Arxiv ( | Social sciences, arts and humanities, education and law | Pre-prints, post-prints and working papers | |
| Humanities Commons ( | Humanities repository for dissertations and theses, work in progress, syllabi, abstracts, data sets, presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles, translations, conference papers, book reviews, maps, charts and more | Articles, monographs, course materials, white papers, code and digital projects | |
| Social science research network (SSRN) | Engineering sciences, applied sciences, social sciences, health sciences, humanities, life sciences and physical sciences | Papers | |
| Peer J Pre-prints ( | Biology, life science, environmental science, computer science and chemistry | Technical reports from agencies or research groups, working papers, white papers and pre-prints | |
| AgEcon Search- Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics ( | Generally speaking, agricultural and applied economics encompass agribusiness, food security, energy and natural resource economics and the growth of international trade | Working papers and reports, journal articles, conference papers and posters, theses or dissertations (see | |
| Institutional repositories | ROAR ( | A accessible global database titled the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) is available, that keeps track of the creation, growth and evolution of institutional repositories with open access, with the content they include | Open-access repositories |
| DOAJ ( | Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA) operates the website identified as a list of open access journals that have received community approval is available from the Directory of Open-Access Journals (DOAJ). | Open-access journals | |
| DOAR ( | A UK-based platform Directory of Open-Access Repositories gathers a list of open access repositories. It can be accessed using various criteria, like location and subject. The service does not ask for information from the whole repository and doesn't browse through repository metadata | Open-access repositories encompassing scholarly ones | |
| Digital commons ( | Digital Commons is a greatest hosted option for open sharing, control and display all of your institution's research and scholarly output | Open educational resources, conference proceedings, | |
| DSpace ( | DSpace is a piece of open-source software used to build open access archives for scholarly and/or published digital information | Book, articles, conference papers, etc. |
Source(s): Platforms for self-archiving by authors