Digital Repositories in Ecology and Environment: An analytical study

Authors

Midhat Mehraj, University of KashmirFollow
Ikhlaq ur Rehman, University of KashmirFollow
Shohar Bano, University of KashmirFollow

Date of this Version

2019

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the status of Open Access Repositories (OARs) in the field of Ecology and Environment. The data was collected from the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Data collected was analysed on different parameters such as geographical distribution, software usage, content type, repository type and language diversity. As of now OpenDOAR holds 176 repositories in the field of Ecology and Environment. The findings further reveal that the maximum number of repositories belong to the USA accounting for 18(10.2%). Also, the maximum number of repositories are institutional accounting for 134(76%).