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, 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 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

  1. ↑ Open Research Online, accessed 21 September 2008, 02h07 UTC
  2. ↑ About ORO, accessed 21 September 2008 02h10 UTC
  3. ↑ FAQ accessed 21 Sep 2008 02h13 UTC
  4. ↑ Browse by Academic Unit/Department accessed 21Sep2008 02h17 UTC
  5. ↑ "Repository Statistics – Open Research Online". oro.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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