Bepress
Bepress is a commercial, academic software firm owned by RELX Group. It began in 1999 as the Berkeley Electronic Press, co-founded by academics Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin. It makes products and services to support scholarly communication, including institutional repository and publishing software.
Also recorded as Berkeley Electronic Press · bepress.com
Bepress
- Founded
- 1999.
- Headquarters
- Berkeley.
- Activity
- information technology.
- Part of
- Elsevier.
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Bepress is a commercial, academic software firm owned by RELX Group. It began in 1999 as the Berkeley Electronic Press, co-founded by academics Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin. It makes products and services to support scholarly communication, including institutional repository and publishing software.
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Overview
Until September 2011 it also published electronic journals. In August 2017, Bepress was acquired by RELX Group for an undisclosed amount, reported to be around £100 million ($129.3 million). The acquisition drew criticism from the library community.
Recorded constituent parts are Digital Commons Network and Digital Commons (Elsevier). It is associated with United States. The record gives 1999 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of Elsevier. Its recorded seat is Berkeley. The recorded field of activity is information technology.
Key facts
Key facts
• Parent — RELX Group • Founded — 1999 • Founder — Robert D. Cooter and Aaron S. Edlin • Country — United States • Headquarters — Berkeley, California • Url — http: www.bepress.com
Open access publication tools
Open access publication tools
• Digital Commons is an institutional repository and publishing software suite that allows institutions to showcase and preserve their scholarly output. • Selected Works enables individuals to create their own scholarly research pages.
Submission and editorial management tools
Submission and editorial management tools
• ExpressO aids legal scholars in submitting their research to the law reviews of their choice. • LawKit is a tool designed specifically for law review editors to track submissions, communicate with authors, and manage expedite requests. • Edikit helps journal editors and conference organizers to manage the peer-review process.
Bepress portals
Bepress portals
• The Digital Commons Network is a discovery tool for all Digital Commons sites • The Law Review Commons is an index to law reviews published using Digital Commons • The Bepress Legal Repository allows scholars and interested individuals to browse subject matter repositories in Law. • Cobra allows scholars and interested individuals to browse subject matter repositories in Biostatistics.
Journals
Journals
Bepress published electronic journals in the social sciences, law, medicine, and natural sciences, before selling the portfolio to Walter de Gruyter in September 2011. It published its first journals in December 2000, with the exception of Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, which existed as a peer-reviewed academic journal prior to its incorporation into the Bepress system. The journals included The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, and The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics.
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Institutional history
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1999
Bepress established.
1999
Bepress was established or created in 1999.
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Context
The circumstances in which Bepress stands. Recorded as open-access publisher. Established or created in 1999. Bepress operates in information technology. Bepress has its headquarters at Berkeley. Situated in United States. Constitution and standing. It is classified as business and open-access publisher. It forms part of Elsevier. Its recorded field of business is information technology. It comprises Digital Commons Network and Digital Commons (Elsevier).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4892016: Bepress
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- 1.Foremski, Tom. Elsevier acquires bepress in bid to boost its academic publishing and analytics services. ZDNet.
- 2.Relx buys Bepress to boost academic publishing. Financial Times. 2 August 2017.
- 3.Breeding, Marshall. Elsevier Acquires Bepress. Smart Libraries Newsletter. 37. 9. 1–5. 2017-09-01.
- 4.spolanka. De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from bepress – details from De Gruyter's Sven Fund. No Shelf Required. 16 September 2011.
- 5.About Bepress.
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