Registry of Open Access Repositories

About the Registry

Contact Information

Any correspondence concerning this registry should be sent to info@services.eprints.org with the subject containing "ROAR".

ROAR is hosted at the University of Southampton, UK and is made possible by funding from the JISC. ROAR is part of the EPrints.org network.

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Search the registry using a full range of fields. Use the search field at the top of the page for a quick search.
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Add a New Repository

To add a new repository you need to register for an account in ROAR. Once registered click New Entry.

If you're looking for the "rawlist" listing that was available in the previous version of ROAR you can find an approximation here: http://roar.eprints.org/rawlist.txt. The complete records in XML can be downloaded from http://roar.eprints.org/rawlist.xml.

You can download the schema for EP3 XML here: http://roar.eprints.org/cgi/schema.

This site is powered by EPrints 3, free software developed by the University of Southampton and incorporating SNEEP extensions from ULCC.

Registry of Open Access Repositories supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://roar.eprints.org/cgi/oai2

Help and more information. The Registry of Open Access Repositories is is hosted by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.