RePEC Author Service

Overview

By registering, a user creates a profile and an account in the system.  The registration process requires a valid email address and takes several screens to go through (name variations, affiliations, claiming works).  In the end, the system sends a confirmation email to the user.  When the user opens the confirmation link in the email message, the user's data is saved and the account is activated.

When a profile is created and each time it is updated, it is written to a static web page with a short permanent address. It is also made available to other RePEc services that may use it on their sites. This may happen with a delay of about a day.

Users enter their email address and a password to login.  After login, any part of the profile can be changed.

Profile changes do not take effect until the user logs off or the sessions time out. Other RePEc services displaying your profile may take a day to mirror your changes.

Additional services

Registered authors receive a monthly email which includes statistics on downloads and abstract views of their works as well as some citation analysis.

Bibliographic data

The service is based on data collected through the RePEc bibliographic database with the help of volunteers.  Learn how you can contribute to the effort.

Account cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel any registration that is obviously fraudulent (for example, not using a real name or claiming works of others) or that is used to create links to websites unrelated to economics.

A registered user can cancel the account by using the "delete" button on the main profile page after login.

What this service is not

This service does not grant access to any documents or data.  All RePEc data is freely available without registration on IDEAS and EconPapers, as well as on some other sites. The full texts on the publisher cites are subject to the access rules set by the publishers. Registration on the RePEc Author Service has no impact on this access.

Leaving this aside, you will not find in this service:

• document submission.  When claiming authorship you choose from a database of documents, but you cannot create new document entries, but read how to contribute document.
• a listing of registered persons or a search facility for them; but see listings on IDEAS or on Econpapers.

Acknowledgments

The initial development of the software for the service was funded by an Open Society Institute grant to the ACIS project.

Service hosting is currently provided by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis.