Justification for inclusion of RePEc.org in PRC Alliance

RePEc hosts metadata for over 2,500 providers, many of which are universities, central banks, and international organizations. We encourage providers to make their full texts, particularly of preprints in economics and related disciplines, freely available. We also provide hosting of statistical software components and datasets that support empirical research. Providing both the links to preprints and to published journal articles from the major scholarly publishers makes it possible for students and researchers to trace the evolution of research findings, which often provides more insight to the underlying research strategy than can be gleaned from the edited article in which detailed discussion and appendices have been removed. RePEc has always strongly supported the ability of every institution to publicize its members' research, and currently contains metadata from research providers in 106 countries.