The RePEc Blog

As a new year has started, it is time to recapitulate what was achieved over the last year. But let us first mention December 2010. We welcomed 14 new archives to RePEc: Prague Development Center, Asociación de Economía Ecológica en España, Technische Universität Berlin (II), International Black Sea University, Instytut Rozwoju, Haute Ecole de Gestion Arc, Université de Neuchâtel (II), Universidade de Brasília, Stanford University (II), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Czestochowa Technical University, Research on Money and Finance, Stanford University. We counted 681,877 file downloads and 2,328,640 abstract views and reached the following thresholds:

6000000 references extracted
2500000 citations linked within RePEc
400000 downloads through NEP in a single year
200000 items with JEL codes
175000 articles with citations

Now to 2010: Over the year, RePEc welcomed 146 new participating archives, bringing the total to 1266. They all added 64973 working papers in 245 new series and 97720 articles in 177 new journals. This added 161885 works that are available online and increased by 20% the listings in RePEc. 3988 authors joined the RePEc Author Service, and their profiles now list 111877 more works than a year earlier. NEP sent 4448 weekly reports about new research, and the RePEc services that share statistics recorded 8,989,727 downloads and 30,777,612 abstract views. These last numbers are lower than the previous year because of a further tightening of criteria.

In terms of new features and services, the following were added during the year, among others: EconomistsOnline is a new RePEc service that allows to search the database in a different way than existing services We also introduced RSS feeds for articles, papers, series and journals, and a few new rankings.

November is typically a month where all activities reach a high for the second half of the year, and this has not failed. We counted 849,932 file downloads and 3,417,357 abstract views through RePEc services, with almost record traffic at NEP. The bigger news is that EconPapers has reached two major thresholds: 10 million downloads and 40 million abstract views since the start of the service.

We also welcomed 12 new archives: Annual Reviews, Cologne Graduate School, Universität Osnabrück, Oxford University (III), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, University of Information Technology and Management (Poland), Università di Cassino, Brandeis University, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, National Technical University of Athens, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon.

Finally, these are the thresholds we reached over the past month:
40000000 cumulative abstract views on EconPapers
10000000 cumulative downloads on EconPapers
6000000 references extracted by CitEc
75000 articles with references extracted
30000 reports mailed by NEP
8000 books listed

It was once more a busy month at RePEc, in particular as we welcomed 14 new participating archives: University of Economics in Bratislava (II), Sage Publications, Universität Oldenburg, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (II), Institute for International Relations (Croatia), University of the Philippines, University of Sydney, University of Cyprus (II), Warsaw School of Economics, University of Genoa, MDPI, Journal of Income Distribution, Wroclaw University of Technology, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Also, we recorded 797,409 file downloads and 2,791,358 abstract views. Finally, we reached the following thresholds during the last month:

20,000,000 article downloads
250,000 items with references
175,000 papers with references
5,000 institutions with registered authors

Vacations are over in most universities, and it is also noticable at RePEc. Traffic is up, with 674,270 file downloads and 2,308,511 abstract views, and we continue to welcome more participants, be it archives or authors, with new registrations of the latter continuing at a high rate. The new participating archives were: Università di Milano-Bicocca (II), Universidad Catolica del Norte, Datamétrica, University of Economics in Bratislava, George Washington University (II), Texas Christian University, Mutual Fund Research Center, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Fundación BBVA, University of Antwerpen (II).

And finally, the thresholds RePEc reached were:
1,000,000,000 pages views on IDEAS (includes robots, spiders and repeats, though)
75,000,000 article abstract views
30,000,000 working paper downloads
150,000 JEL coded papers
150,000 papers announced through NEP
2,000 listed software components

RePEc emerges from the Summer slumber with good news: we now have over 300,000 working papers and over 500,000 articles that are available online. 620,546 file downloads and 2,117,208 abstract views have been recorded. We welcome the following new archives into RePEc: University of Tokyo (II), Editura Lumen, INRA Dijon, National Bank of Slovakia, Fonds pour la Recherche en Ethique Economique, Indus Institute of Higher Education, Edizioni del Mulino, IDATE, University of Hawaii (II), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Regulation2point0.

Finally, the thresholds we passed during the last month are:
3000000 cumulated software abstract views
500000 online articles
300000 online working papers
25000 registered authors

Over the last month, RePEc has reached major landmarks: 50 million file downloads, 25,000 registered authors and 1,200 participating archives. Monthly traffic numbers are down, with 595,637 file downloads and 1,875,579 abstract views, in part reflecting a further tightening of the eligibility criteria.

In July, the following institutions joined RePEc with a new archive: Frankfurt School of Management and Finance, Banco de Portugal, Inderscience Enterprises, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Research Centre for Social Sciences (India), New Economic Association (Russia), Universidad de Valencia (II), and Universität Jena (III).

Finally, the complete list of thresholds reached during the month is:
50,000,000 cumulative downloads
12,500 listed book chapters
12,500 on-line book chapters
1,200 participating archives