Open Archives are organized server-containers, where one can freely file personal scientific publications. These containers, still at an initial phase and characterized by a consolidated architecture within the network, are at an advanced stage for some disciplines. Open Archives are an important alternative for scholars to electronic commercial publishing.
The following is a list of the most important Open Archives with the indication of the discipline they are dealing with:
- ArXiv.org - Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Non-linear Sciences
- Biorxiv - Preprints Biology
- CogPrints - Psychology, Linguistics, Neuronal Science
- ELETRONIC SCOLARSHIP – Various Disciplines
- NCSTRL – Computer Science
- NDLTD - Theses and Dissertations
- OpenAIRE - is an FP7 project that aims to collect open access publications published in some research areas funded in the Seventh Framework Program
- Openarchives – Official Body of the Open Archives
- Open Data - European Union open data portal
- RePEc - Economics
- SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository - social Sciences
- WHO - Medicine - Pharmacy
