The RePEc Blog

Over the past month, we recorded 463,968 file downloads and 1,778,543 abstract views via the three reporting RePEc services, EconPapers, IDEAS and NEP. There is of course more through other services leveraging RePEc data. We welcomed four new RePEc archives: TrustBridge Rule of Law Foundation, Laborwide, Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria (ASCII), Jurnal Tata Kelola dan Akuntabilitas Keuangan Negara. And we reached the following milestones:

2,500,000 articles with abstracts
1,200,000 indexed working papers

During this short, but longer than usual month, we recorded 395,409 file downloads and 1,545,757 abstract views. We welcome a few new RePEc archives: Journal of Management World, The Unjournal, Richtmann Publishing. And we reached the following milestones:

90,000 NEP report issues

20,000 entries in the RePEc Genealogy

We started the year by welcoming two new archives: Croatian Statistical Association and Ho Chi Minh City Open University. We counted 381,521 file downloads and 1,522,540 abstract views. And we reached the following milestones:
500,000 updates made in the RePEc Author Service since its relaunch a year ago
600 book series indexed

Another year came to an end. Let us first look at how RePEc did in November. We added to archives, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. We counted 374,489 file downloads and 1,459,965 abstract views.

Now if we look at the entire year, we added 34 archives, which is less than previous years, but with over 2300 archives, the room to grow on that measure is getting smaller. We launched a completely rewritten RePEc Author Service. We counted 5,245,090 file downloads and 20,054,709 abstract views. Archives added about 350,000 items, including 56,000 working papers and 265,000 articles. 1700 new authors registered with RePEc. About 10 million references were extracted.

After all these years, RePEc is still growing healthily and getting heavily used. We are looking forward to continue serving the economics profession in 2024!

What is to report for last month? We added to archives: Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) and International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science. We counted 471,226 file downloads and 1,836,978 abstract views for November. We surpassed the following milestones:
1,000,000 working papers available online in full text
1,500 virtual seminars announced

What is new for October 2023? Various services like IDEAS, EDIRC, and the RePEc Author Service migrated to new infrastructure. We welcomed three new archives: Universitas Gadjah Mada, SMERU Research Institute, Academician Yuriy Bugay International Scientific and Technical University. We counted 492,179 file downloads and 1,874,674 abstract views on EconPapers, IDEAS, and NEP. As for mile stones reached:

30,000,000 full-text downloads through EconPapers
2,000,000 cited items
20,000 links to research found in blogs on EconAcademics.org

This month there are some news regarding NEP, the working paper dissemination project. Its Mastodon accounts have all been moved to a new instance and three new reports were opened: NEP-AIN (Artificial Intelligence), NEP-INV (Investment), and NEP-NUD (Nudge and Boosting). We counted 420,659 file downloads and 1,715,671 abstract views. We welcomed the following RePEc archives: Thammasat University, International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, and Modern Finance. And we reached the following milestones:
3,000,000 journal articles available in full text
20,000 links to research in blog posts identified on EconAcademics.

Belatedly, here is a rundown on what we have to report for August 2023. We counted 354,091 file downloads and 1,339,092 abstract views on EconPapers, IDEAS and NEP. We welcomed one new archive, the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs at the European Commission. Finally, regarding milestones, we reached the following:

60,000,000 cumulative article downloads
4,500,000 items indexed in RePEc
18,000 authors listed in the RePEc Genealogy

What is new for RePEc in July 2023? We welcomed three new archives: International Journal of Economics, Universitat de València (Dep. of Economic History), Centro Studi sul Federalismo. We counted 333,668 file downloads and 1,247,841 abstract views in July 2023. The NEP site got a rework. And we reached these milestones.

2,000,000 research items listed in author profiles
1,200,000 articles with references
17,000 entries in the RePEc Genealogy

The latest from RePEc: NEP opened a couple of new reports disseminating the latest working papers: NEP-AIN (Artificial Intelligence), NEP-INV (Investment), and NEP-NUD (Nudge and Boosting). We added two archives: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and Technical University of Liberec. We counted 398,506 file downloads and 1,593,802 abstract views on EconPapers, IDEAS, and NEP. And we reached these milestones:

4000 indexed journals
100 NEP reports