Open Research Online
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Open Research Online (ORO) is a repository of research publications run by The Open University (OU).[http://oro.open.ac.uk/ Open Research Online], accessed 21 September 2008, 02h07 UTC
It uses the GNU ePrints software, and its repositories use the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.[http://oro.open.ac.uk/information.html About ORO], accessed 21 September 2008 02h10 UTC
It is an open access repository, and it accepts books, journal articles, patents, conference articles, and theses.[http://oro.open.ac.uk/help/helpfaq.html FAQ] accessed 21 Sep 2008 02h13 UTC
{{asof|2008|9|21|post=,}} 496 of its publications are from the Mathematics and Computing Department of the OU, while over two thousand are from the Science department.[http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/faculty_dept/ Browse by Academic Unit/Department] accessed 21Sep2008 02h17 UTC {{asof|2023}} the STEM department has the most overall publication downloads of any department with total downloads sitting at 22,310 for the Jul 1, 2023 – Jul 11, 2023 period.{{Cite web |title=Repository Statistics – Open Research Online |url=https://oro.open.ac.uk/cgi/stats/report/faculty_dept/stem/?from=2023/07/01&to=2023/07/11 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=oro.open.ac.uk}}