open access and armenian scientific periodicals tigran zakaryan eifl oa representative

Open Access and Armenian Scientific PeriodicalsTigran Zakaryan

EIFL OA representativetigr@irphe.am

21 October, 2013 (Yerevan)

ELCA

Open Access Week 21-27 October, 2013

what it is now

what it was before

Outcome• 6 years

• 15 different journals

• 2 institutional repositories

• 74 years coverage

• 68,223 articles

• 9,556 monthly visits

• 88 Gb total disk space

visits distribution by origin

Higher Attestation Commission has approved two OA journals (2012)

Armenian Journal of Mathematics

Armenian Journal of Physics

Astrophysics

Proc. NAS RA: Earth Sciences

Proc. NAS RA: Mathematics

Proc. NAS RA: Mechanics

Proc. NAS RA: Physics

Proc. NAS RA: Technical Sciences

Herald of Social Sciences

Historical-Philological Journal

Blood Circulation

Medical Science of Armenia

Biological Journal of Armenia

Chemical Journal of Armenia

Reports NAS RA

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journal's age in years

Armenian Journal of Mathematics

Armenian Journal of Physics

Astrophysics

Proc. NAS RA: Earth Sciences

Proc. NAS RA: Mathematics

Proc. NAS RA: Mechanics

Proc. NAS RA: Physics

Proc. NAS RA: Technical Sciences

Herald of Social Sciences

Historical-Philological Journal

Blood Circulation

Medical Science of Armenia

Biological Journal of Armenia

Chemical Journal of Armenia

Reports NAS RA

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Armenian Journal of Mathematics

Armenian Journal of Physics

Astrophysics

Proc. NAS RA: Earth Sciences

Proc. NAS RA: Mathematics

Proc. NAS RA: Mechanics

Proc. NAS RA: Physics

Proc. NAS RA: Technical Sciences

Herald of Social Sciences

Historical-Philological Journal

Blood Circulation

Medical Science of Armenia

Biological Journal of Armenia

Chemical Journal of Armenia

Reports NAS RA

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disk space in Gb

Armenian Journal of Mathematics

Armenian Journal of Physics

Astrophysics

Proc. NAS RA: Earth Sciences

Proc. NAS RA: Mathematics

Proc. NAS RA: Mechanics

Proc. NAS RA: Physics

Proc. NAS RA: Technical Sciences

Herald of Social Sciences

Historical-Philological Journal

Blood Circulation

Medical Science of Armenia

Biological Journal of Armenia

Chemical Journal of Armenia

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Armenian Journal of Physics visits geography

Armenian Journal of Chemistry visits geography

Historical-Philological Journal visits geography

Institutional repositories

• Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics

(proceedings of conferences, theses)

http://irphe.asj-oa.am/

• Institute of Archaelogy and Ethnography

(proceedings of conferences, book series)

http://iae.asj-oa.am/

what’s nearest next?• preservation of national heritage

• cluster technology for OCR

• access for mobile devices (Kindle, Amazon)

Thank you!

Tigran Zakaryantigr@irphe.am

ELCA

Open Access Week 21-27 October, 2013