This document summarizes a presentation about the online repository SSRN (Social Science Research Network) and its role in disseminating early-stage research. It discusses how SSRN works as a non-exclusive open access platform that allows researchers to share ideas, drafts, working papers and published articles. The presentation outlines SSRN's evolution over 20+ years and how access to early-stage research can increase the amount of relevant content available to researchers.
8. 8
* Classics, Literature and Philosophy
1
1,983 repositories ranked by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Spain.
1994
Commenced
operations
1994
Community
Milestones
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
1998
First subscription
sold
1999
First research paper
series created
2004
First repository awarded an ISSN and began
registering DOIs for eLibrary content
2005
CiteReader technology developed to
extract references and citations
2009
Ranked #1 scholarly
repository1
2014
~70M
downloads
Subject
Area
Network
Initiation
Negotiation
Marketing Information
Systems
Social
Insurance
Entrepre-
neurship
2007
Political
Science
Humanities
2008
Health
Economics
Operations
Leadership
Production
2009
Corporate
Governance
Cognitive
Science
International
Business
Corporate
Strategy
2010
Organizational
Behavior
Business
History
2011
Music Research
& Composition
2012
Anthropology
/ Archaeology
Rhetoric &
Communications
Innovation
Accounting
Economics
Finance
1995
Law
1997
Management
1999 2002 2004 2006
2013
Sustainability
2014
Hebrew
HUM: CLP*
Education
Sociology
Women &
Gender
Next
SSRN’s 20+ Year Evolution
9. 9
* Classics, Literature and Philosophy
1
1,983 repositories ranked by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Spain.
1994
Commenced
operations
1994
Community
Milestones
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
1998
First subscription
sold
1999
First research paper
series created
2004
First repository awarded an ISSN and began
registering DOIs for eLibrary content
2005
CiteReader technology developed to
extract references and citations
2009
Ranked #1 scholarly
repository1
2014
~70M
downloads
Subject
Area
Network
Initiation
Negotiation
Marketing Information
Systems
Social
Insurance
Entrepre-
neurship
2007
Political
Science
Humanities
2008
Health
Economics
Operations
Leadership
Production
2009
Corporate
Governance
Cognitive
Science
International
Business
Corporate
Strategy
2010
Organizational
Behavior
Business
History
2011
Music Research
& Composition
2012
Anthropology
/ Archaeology
Rhetoric &
Communications
Innovation
Accounting
Economics
Finance
1995
Law
1997
Management
1999 2002 2004 2006
2013
Sustainability
2014
Hebrew
HUM: CLP*
Education
Sociology
Women &
Gender
Next
SSRN’s 20+ Year Evolution
Life, Physical & Applied Sciences