Open-access repository

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.

  1. ^ Jacobs, Neil (2006). Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects. Elsevier. p. 11. ISBN 9781843342038.
  2. ^ "Open Data, Software and Code Guidelines". open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ "About – Open Repositories". www.openrepositories.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  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. PMC 10959999. Retrieved 29 March 2024.