<div dir="ltr">This paper reviews the worldwide growth of open-access (OA) repositories, December 2005 to December 2012, using data collected by the OpenDOAR project. It shows that initial repository development was focused on North America, Western Europe and Australasia, particularly the USA, UK, Germany and Australia. <div>
<br><a href="http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/76839/">http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/76839/</a></div></div>