About OpenSSR

OpenSSR is a free, open, and innovative library of social science research.

Free

• Authors can freely upload papers.
• Readers can freely browse and download papers, without intrustive tracking.
• Anyone can freely subscribe to email updates by topic, author, and more.
• OpenSSR's strong institutional foundation means it will always remain independent from commercial publishers. Its charter documents specifically prohibit it from ever being acquired by a for-profit company.

Open

• OpenSSR is operated transparently by a non-profit organization.
• Anyone can view and contribute to the modern open-source software that powers OpenSSR.

Innovative

• OpenSSR is pioneering new ways to measure scholarly impact. Our open approach means anyone can create and test new metrics.
• OpenSSR encourages bulk downloading of its entire corpus and metadata to try new things.

Board of Directors

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Contributors

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