TheSocial Science Research Network(SSRN) is arepositoryforpreprintsdevoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in thesocial sciences,humanities,life sciences,andhealth sciences,among others.Elsevierbought SSRN from Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc. in May 2016.[1]It is not an electronic journal, but rather an eLibrary and search engine.[2]
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| Producer | Elsevier |
|---|---|
| History | 1994–present |
| Languages | English |
| Access | |
| Cost | Mostlyfee-free(monetarily gratis) |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Social sciences,engineering sciences,humanities,life sciences,applied sciences,health sciences,andphysical sciences |
| Record depth | Index, abstract, and full-text |
| Format coverage | Papers |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
editSSRN was founded in 1994 byMichael C. Jensenand Wayne Marr, bothfinancial economists.[3]
In January 2013, SSRN was ranked the largest open-access repository in the world by Ranking Web of Repositories (an initiative of theCybermetrics Lab,a research group belonging to theSpanish National Research Council),[4]measured by number of PDF files, backlinks andGoogle Scholarresults.[5]
In May 2016, SSRN was bought from Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc. byElsevier.[1]On 17 May 2016, the SSRN founder and chairmanMichael C. Jensenwrote a letter to the SSRN community in which he cited SSRN CEO Gregg Gordon's post on the Elsevier Connect[6]and the "new opportunities" coming from the fusion,[7]such as a broader global network and the freedom "to upload and download papers" (with more data, more resources, as well as new management tools). While predicting "some conflicts" on the interests alignment of the former competitors, he defined them as "surmountable".[8]
In July 2016 there were reports of papers being removed from SSRN without notice; revision comments from SSRN indicated this was due to copyright concerns.[9]Gordon characterized the issue as a mistake affecting about 20 papers.[10]
Operations
editAcademic papers inPortable Document Formatcan be uploaded directly to the SSRN site by authors and are then available around the world for download.[11]Users can also subscribe to abstracting emails covering a broad range of research areas and topic specialties. These distributing emails contain abstracts (with links to the full text where applicable) of papers recently submitted to SSRN in the respective field.
SSRN, like other preprint services, circulates publications throughout the scholarly community at an early stage, permitting the author to incorporate comments into the final version of the paper before its publication in a journal. Moreover, even if access to the published paper is restricted, access to the original working paper remains open through SSRN, so long as the author decides to keep the paper up. Often authors take papers down at the request of publishers, particularly if they are published by commercial or university presses that depend on payment for paper copies or online access.[12]
As of 2019, download by users is generally subject to registration and/or completion of aReCAPTCHAchallenge and therefore SSRN is not considered by some to be a suitableopen accesslocation,[13]unlikeopen archiveslike mostinstitutional repositories.Publishers and institutions can upload papers and charge a fee for readers to download them.[14]
On SSRN, authors and papers are ranked by their number of downloads, which has become an informal indicator of popularity on prepress andopen accesssites.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abGordon, Gregg (17 May 2016)."SSRN—a leading social science and humanities repository and online community—joins Elsevier".Elsevier Connect.Elsevier.Retrieved17 May2016.
- ^"SSRN Paper Submission Process"(PDF).SSRN.
- ^Feltner, Kerry (2016-06-03)."Dutch company acquires firm in Brighton".Rochester Business Journal.Retrieved2020-03-21.
- ^"World".Ranking Web of Repositories.Cybermetrics Lab. January 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-06-29.Retrieved11 June2013.
- ^"Methodology".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-07-01.
- ^Elsevier Connect
- ^Gregg Gordon (May 17, 2016)."Photo"[SSRN—the leading social science and humanities repository and online community—joins Elsevier].
- ^Michael C. Jensen (May 17, 2016)."From The Desk of Michael C. Jensen, Chairman".SSRN.
- ^Masnick, Mike (18 July 2016)."Just as Open Competitor to Elsevier's SSRN Launches, SSRN Accused Of Copyright Crackdown".Techdirt.Retrieved6 August2016.
- ^Straumsheim, Carl (19 July 2016)."There Isn't Some Big Conspiracy Happening".Inside Higher Ed.Retrieved6 August2016.
- ^In case the web page [formerly] athttps://support.ssrn.com/knowledgebase.php?article=67is now a"dead link",please see (instead) this 'extant' web page:"How do I submit to SSRN?".SSRN.2014-12-03.Archivedfrom the original on June 29, 2016.RetrievedFebruary 3,2022.
(QUOTE:) [...] you upload your PDF
- ^Ashish SIngh (2021-07-21)."Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature".Pijssl.com.Retrieved2020-03-21.
- ^Richard Orr (2020-12-31)."What counts as an Open Access location?".Unpaywall.
- ^Jensen, Michael C.(2 February 2012)."About SSRN".Social Science Research Network.Retrieved30 December2013.
- ^Black, Bernard S.; Caron, Paul (2006). "Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance".Indiana Law Journal.81(Symposium on The Next Generation of Law School Rankings).SSRN784764.U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 52; U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 05-14.
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