About PEER
The aim of PEER is to investigate the effects of large-scale, systematic depositing of authors’ final peer-reviewed manuscripts. This is done by developing an 'observatory' to monitor the effects of systematic archiving over time and by creating a substantial body of evidence. Participating publishers will collectively contribute approx. 240 journals to the project and supporting research studies will address issues such as:
- How large-scale archiving will affect journal viability
- Whether it increases access
- How it will affect the broader ecology of European research
- Which factors influence the readiness to deposit in institutional and disciplinary repositories and what the associated costs might be
- Models to illustrate how traditional publishing systems can coexist with self-archiving.
PEER 'At one glance' - Leaflet / Brochure
STM publishers participating in PEER
Repositories participating in PEER
PEER partners
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM)
Göttingen State and University Library
INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique)
PEER technical partners
STM Publishers participating in PEER
Repositories participating in PEER
eSciDoc.PubMan.PEER, Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG)
HAL, CNRS & Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA)
Göttingen State and University Library (UGOE)
TARA - Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland
SSOAR - Social Sciences Open Access repository
(GESIS − Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
University Library of Debrecen, Hungary
Long term preservation archive:
e-depot, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National library of the Netherlands)