Open Research Online
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Open Research Online (ORO) is a repository of research publications run by The Open University (OU).[1]
It uses the GNU ePrints software, and its repositories use the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.[2]
It is an open access repository, and it accepts books, journal articles, patents, conference articles, and theses.[3]
As of 21 September 2008,[update] 496 of its publications are from the Mathematics and Computing Department of the OU, while over two thousand are from the Science department.[4] As of 2023[update] the STEM department has the most overall publication downloads of any department with total downloads sitting at 22,310 for the Jul 1, 2023 – Jul 11, 2023 period.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Open Research Online, accessed 21 September 2008, 02h07 UTC
- ^ About ORO, accessed 21 September 2008 02h10 UTC
- ^ FAQ accessed 21 Sep 2008 02h13 UTC
- ^ Browse by Academic Unit/Department accessed 21Sep2008 02h17 UTC
- ^ "Repository Statistics – Open Research Online". oro.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2023.