SUNY Open Access Repository (SOAR)

The SUNY Open Access Repository (SOAR) is a centrally managed digital repository for making full-text copies of scholarly works available open access. The Health Sciences Library is facilitating the archiving of articles, dissertations, and theses produced by faculty, staff, and students at our campus. 

The majority of publishers allow a version of an article, usually either the submitted or accepted manuscript, to be submitted to an online repository. See the Sherpa Romeo website to look up a policy by publisher or journal title.

Articles made available open access can offer several benefits:

• Increased discoverability of works by Google and Google Scholar
• Increased citation rates (due to more users finding your works)
• Remove paywall barriers to your research without paying APCs (for articles without a funder OA requirement)
• Usage statistics, including a Scopus citation count
• Persistent links to works