[OAI-general] Open-Access Eprint Archive Registry

[Stevan Harnad]

Tim Brody of Southampton University, the creator of 
    citebase 
    http://citebase.eprints.org/cgi-bin/search
    celestial 
    http://celestial.eprints.org/ 
    and the usage-impact/citation-impact correlator 
    http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php
has now created a Registry for Open Access Eprint Archives -- both Eprints.org
archives and other archives. The only requirement is that they be open-access
and OAI-compliant:
    http://archives.eprints.org

The Registry currently lists 132 "live" Eprint Archives and 15 "dead" ones
(bad links). He also has charts plotting Eprint Archive growth, both in number of
archives and in number of papers in the archives.
http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=analysis

The Registry also makes it possible for you to add any Eprint Archive you know of
that is not yet in the Registry. Please do add any Eprint Archive you know of!
http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=add

Please feel free to re-post this on any pertinent lists.

Stevan Harnad

NOTE: A complete archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open
access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2004)
is available at the American Scientist Open Access Forum:
        To join the Forum: 
http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html
        Post discussion to: 
    american-scientist-open-access-forum@amsci.org
        Hypermail Archive: 
    http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html

Unified Dual Open-Access-Provision Policy:
    BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a suitable open-access
            journal whenever one exists.
            http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm#journals
    BOAI-1 ("green"): Otherwise, publish your article in a suitable
            toll-access journal and also self-archive it.
            http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/
    http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml
    http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin.htm