RePEc blog and Research Papers in Economics [RePEc]

Posted by Celia Walter | 17 Apr, 2008

RePEc blog
The RePEc blog is written by the team who produce the Research Papers in Economics website and discusses the workings of RePEc, seeks feedback from the user community, and talks about issues around the dissemination of research in economics. It includes monthly updates about the service, broader dissemination issues such as Open Access and rankings of various economics topics / authors. Users can explore the archive of past posts by month and topic, explore links on various parts of the RePEc service and comment on blog postings. Intute.ac.uk
http://repec.org/blog/

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 63 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available... 

http://repec.org/

RePEc now collaborates with the American Economic Association's EconLit database to provide content from leading universities' working paper series to EconLit.

 The RePEc database holds over 580,000 items of interest, over 470,000 of which are available online:

235,000  working papers
340,000  journal articles
1,500  software components
3,000  book and chapter listings
16,000  author contact and publication listings
10,600  institutional contact listings