About the ICTP OAAPart of the infrastructure needed for doing science is a community of like-minded scientists. For science to take hold in a country, especially if the usual mechanisms for promoting personal contacts are few, it is essential to develop a community that sustains itself through mutual support and interactions. Because of relative isolation that still persists in developing countries, scientists are often unaware of the extent and nature of science that is being done in their own countries, and have inadequate personal knowledge of the fellow scientists. They also have some difficulty in publicizing their work quickly. To provide assistance in these matters, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has organized an Open Access Archive (OAA) to allow the scientific work of any scientists from any country to be posted free of charge. The ICTP OAA allows scientists from anywhere to post on-line, at no cost, their scientific work and scientific CV in electronic format. Authors may upload pre-prints, reprints, conference papers, pre-publication book chapters and the author's CV. -see disclaimer. To upload documents, scientists must register and login. Registration and usage is, and will remain, free of charge. Documents (or files) will be archived and made available on-line for five years. SubjectsSubjects acceptable for the archive include:
World Regions and CountriesThe Regions selected for the ICTP OAA follows the specific UNESCO definition which does not forcibly reflect geography. It refers to the execution of regional activities of the Organization. Contact InformationAny correspondence concerning the ICTP OAA should be sent to sdu@ictp.it. About the softwareThis Open Access Archive is running on GNU EPrints open repository software, a freely distributable repository system available from software.eprints.org. Running GNU EPrints / revision: EPrints 2.3.13 (Cup Cake) [Born on 2005-07-25] GNU EPrints is free software developed by the University of Southampton, England.
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