Socolar

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| producer = China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation(CEPIEC)

| country = China

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| cost = Free

| disciplines = Scholarly open access resources in different language internationally

| depth = Journal title, journal publisher, journal homepage link, subject category, ISSN

| formats = Journals

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| geospatial = Worldwide

| number = 11739 titles, 1048 repositories and 23795416 total articles (as of 12 December 2011)

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Socolar is a free searchable database of open access journals, and repositories hosted by the China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation (CEPIEC), one of the largest state-owned companies that was established in 1987 to meet the demands of foreign academic publications from universities and colleges in China.Admin. [http://www.socolar.com/?ver=en About us]. The Socolar Website, retrieved 11 December 2011 It links to more than 11,739 journals and more than 1048 repositories with about 23,795,416 articlesAdmin. [http://www.socolar.com/?ver=en Open Access Resources Statistics]. The Socolar Website, retrieved 11 December 2011 in total in many languages.