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Institutional Repository

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Providers using this tag (62)

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Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
University of HelsinkiEducationHigher EducationUniversityFinland13 APIs49.8Uppsala UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationSweden1 API49.5University of LausanneEducationHigher EducationUniversitySwitzerland3 APIs45.8University of Michigan-Ann ArborUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University1 API42.6University of Texas at AustinUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University10 APIs40.3Taylor's UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityPrivate University1 API40.2
Thin 29 Limited public surface area
Utrecht UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityNetherlands2 APIs38.0Lancaster UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited Kingdom2 APIs37.5Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States3 APIs36.5Seoul National UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationSouth Korea3 APIs35.5University of the WitwatersrandUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch2 APIs35.0University of OttawaUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada3 APIs34.5Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyEducationHigher EducationUniversityTechnical University9 APIs34.3Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch3 APIs34.1University of BonnUniversityHigher EducationEducationGermany1 API33.5Université libre de BruxellesUniversityHigher EducationEducationBelgium2 APIs32.0Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurEducationHigher EducationUniversityInstitute of Technology2 APIs31.3University of Cape TownUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University1 API31.2University of TorontoUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada1 API31.0UCLouvainUniversityHigher EducationEducationBelgium1 API30.3University of BaselUniversityHigher EducationEducationSwitzerland7 APIs30.2Université de MontréalUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada1 API29.9National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityTaiwan1 API29.8University of PittsburghUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States1 API29.7Massey UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityNew Zealand2 APIs29.2Tokyo Institute of TechnologyEducationHigher EducationUniversityInstitute of Technology1 API29.1Imperial College LondonUniversityHigher EducationEducationRussell Group1 API28.8Kyushu UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch1 API27.8University of Los Andes ColombiaUniversityHigher EducationEducationColombia1 API27.7TU DresdenUniversityHigher EducationEducationGermany7 APIs27.4Victoria University of WellingtonUniversityHigher EducationEducationNew Zealand6 APIs27.3Universiti Sains MalaysiaUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University2 APIs26.5King's College LondonUniversityHigher EducationEducationRussell Group6 APIs26.4University of QueenslandUniversityHigher EducationEducationAustralia1 API26.2Vanderbilt UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationPrivate Research University2 APIs26.2
Emerging 27 Early or largely undocumented
University of AntwerpEducationHigher EducationUniversityBelgium1 API26.0Pohang University of Science and TechnologyUniversityHigher EducationEducationSouth Korea1 API25.7University of GenevaEducationHigher EducationUniversityPublic Research University1 API25.7Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch4 APIs25.3Heriot-Watt UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationScotland6 APIs25.0Keio UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityJapan2 APIs24.9National University of ColombiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityPublic Research University2 APIs24.4Queensland University of TechnologyUniversityHigher EducationEducationAustralia3 APIs24.0Tecnológico de MonterreyUniversityHigher EducationEducationMexico11 APIs23.4Tohoku UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch5 APIs23.4Autonomous University of BarcelonaEducationHigher EducationUniversitySpain1 API23.3University of BernUniversityHigher EducationEducationSwitzerland10 APIs22.8University of NavarraEducationHigher EducationUniversitySpain1 API22.5Complutense University of MadridUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University6 APIs22.1University of RochesterUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States1 API22.1Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University6 APIs21.8Ohio State UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States1 API20.9Universitat Pompeu FabraUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University6 APIs20.3University of AberdeenEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch10 APIs20.3Hokkaido UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityJapan10 APIs20.0American University of BeirutUniversityHigher EducationEducationLebanon11 APIs19.9Queen's University at KingstonUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada3 APIs19.5Universiti Putra MalaysiaUniversityHigher EducationEducationMalaysia3 APIs18.2Autonomous University of MadridUniversityHigher EducationEducationSpain9 APIs18.0Universiti Teknologi PETRONASUniversityHigher EducationEducationMalaysia2 APIs17.9National Cheng Kung UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationTaiwan4 APIs15.7City University of Hong KongEducationHigher EducationUniversityHong Kong5 APIs14.0

APIs with this tag (80)

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Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
UWSpace DSpace REST APIThe REST backend of UWSpace, the University of Waterloo institutional repository, running DSpace 8.4 on a U...62.4
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
DiVA OAI-PMHDiVA (Academic Archive On-line) is Uppsala University Library's institutional repository for publications a...49.5HKU Scholars Hub OAI-PMHHKU Scholars Hub is the University's DSpace-based open-access institutional repository and current research...42.1Texas ScholarWorks DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace REST API for Texas ScholarWorks, the UT Libraries institutional repository of theses, dissert...40.3Texas ScholarWorks OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting endpoint for Texas ScholarWorks. An Identify request returns repositoryName...40.3Taylor's e-Repository DSpace CRIS REST APIThe Taylor's e-Repository runs DSpace CRIS 2022.01.01 self-hosted at irepo.taylors.edu.my (resolving throug...40.2Taylor's e-Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 data provider for the DSpace CRIS e-Repository, Identifying as repositoryName "Taylor's Univers...40.2
Thin 43 Limited public surface area
WashU Scholarly Repository (OAI-PMH)The university's institutional repository, "WashU Scholarly Repository", serving a live OAI-PMH 2.0 interfa...38.9MacSphere Institutional RepositoryMcMaster University Libraries' institutional repository of theses, dissertations and open-access research o...38.3ResearchWorks Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH)ResearchWorks is UW Libraries' institutional repository, running DSpace 9.2 on UW's own host. The DSpace RE...38.1Utrecht University Repository REST APIThe DSpace 9.0 HAL/JSON REST API behind the Utrecht University Repository. Openly readable without a key: t...38.0GT Digital Repository OAI-PMHPublic OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the Georgia Tech Digital Repository, the institutional...37.8GT Digital Repository REST APIDSpace 7.6 REST API for the Georgia Tech Digital Repository, providing programmatic read access to communit...37.8Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH 2.0 InterfaceThe one unambiguous, institution-operated public API Lancaster runs. A single HTTP endpoint that dispatches...37.5KiltHub Institutional Repository (figshare) — tenantKiltHub is Carnegie Mellon's institutional repository for research data and scholarly output. The data, the...36.5Purdue e-Pubs OAI-PMH (bepress Digital Commons tenant)Purdue e-Pubs is the university's institutional repository for scholarly output, reachable at docs.lib.purd...35.1eCommons Institutional Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH) — tenanteCommons is Cornell University Library's institutional repository: Cornell's content, Cornell's DOIs, Corne...34.8Columbia Academic CommonsColumbia University's institutional research repository, holding the scholarly output, theses and research ...34.2edoc-Server DSpace REST APIPublic, unauthenticated read API of the edoc-Server, the Open Access institutional repository of Humboldt-U...34.1edoc-Server OAI-PMH 2.0 InterfaceOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the edoc institutional repository, on HU's own host. ?verb=Ide...34.1bonndoc DSpace REST API (bot-challenged)bonndoc runs DSpace 7-class software, which exposes a HAL/JSON REST API at /server/api. It is recorded with...33.5bonndoc Publication Server OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for bonndoc, "Der Publikationsserver der Universitaet Bonn" — the university's DSpace-...33.5DR-NTU (Digital Repository) — DSpace-CRIS REST APINTU's institutional publications and research-profile repository — 158,100 research profiles, records back ...33.0Dartmouth Digital Commons (bepress/Elsevier tenant)Dartmouth's institutional repository for scholarly, research and educational output, running on bepress/Els...32.6OpenUCT DSpace REST APIThe OpenUCT repository additionally exposes the DSpace 7 REST API anonymously at open.uct.ac.za/server/api,...31.2OpenUCT Institutional Repository OAI-PMHOpenUCT is the University of Cape Town's open access institutional repository, running DSpace 7.4 on UCT's ...31.2DRUM — Digital Repository at the University of MarylandUMD Libraries' DSpace 7 institutional repository of UMD scholarship and research data, and the university's...31.1TSpace DSpace REST API — tenant on ScholarisThe DSpace 8.4 HAL REST API serving TSpace. Verified live on 2026-08-19: the root document returns dspaceNa...31.0TSpace Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH) — tenant on ScholarisOAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for TSpace, the University of Toronto Libraries institutional research repo...31.0DIAL.mem -- DSpace-CRIS REST APIDIAL.mem is UCLouvain's institutional repository for master's theses, part of the DIAL (Digital Access to L...30.3DIAL.pr (BOREAL) -- DSpace-CRIS REST APIDIAL.pr, branded BOREAL, is UCLouvain's institutional repository for the research publications of its profe...30.3DIAL.pr OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for DIAL.pr, UCLouvain's research-publications repository. Identify returns...30.3edoc DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace REST API for "edoc", the open-access institutional repository of the University of Basel, run...30.2edoc OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for edoc. Identify reports repositoryName "edoc: Open Access Repo...30.2PAPYRUS DSpace REST API (HAL)The DSpace 8 REST API behind PAPYRUS, answering anonymously at the HAL root and advertising the repository'...29.9PAPYRUS OAI-PMH Endpoint (institutional repository)OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting interface for PAPYRUS, Université de Montréal's institutional repository of open-acc...29.9NYCU Institutional Repository (DSpace deployment)國立陽明交通大學機構典藏 — the NYCU institutional repository, a self-hosted DSpace 11 deployment with content back to 2...29.8NYCU Institutional Repository OAI-PMH EndpointAnonymous OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint over the NYCU institutional repository (國立陽明交通大學機構典藏), running ba...29.8D-Scholarship@Pitt Institutional Repository (Hyku Commons) — tenantD-Scholarship@Pitt is the University Library System's institutional repository of research and scholarly ou...29.7Spiral Open Access Repository (DSpace 7 REST API)Imperial's institutional open-access repository, exposed over the DSpace 7 HAL+JSON REST API at https://spi...28.8Repositorio Institucional Seneca - DSpace REST APIDSpace 7 REST API for the "Seneca" repository, under the /server/api path of the deployment. Confirmed to b...27.7Repositorio Institucional Seneca - OAI-PMHOAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for "Seneca", the DSpace 7 institutional repository that collects the...27.7Chula DigiVerse — Institutional Digital RepositoryThe university's digital preservation platform for theses, dissertations, rare books, multimedia and digiti...27.0Research Online (Figshare tenancy)Research Online is UOW's open access institutional repository, and since its 2025 platform migration it is ...26.5King's College London Research Data Repository (Figshare tenancy)King's research data repository, operated for King's by Figshare. The data, the DOIs, the DataCite membersh...26.4King's Research Portal (Pure) OAI-PMHThe standards-based harvesting interface for the King's Research Portal, the front end of Pure — how King's...26.4UQ eSpace REST APIREST API behind UQ eSpace, the institutional repository for UQ research outputs and datasets, operated on U...26.2Vanderbilt Institutional Repository (VUIR)Self-hosted DSpace 9.1 institutional repository on Vanderbilt's own domain and infrastructure. The HAL REST...26.2Vanderbilt Institutional Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for the Vanderbilt Institutional Repository. Identify returns repositoryNam...26.2VUIR Shibboleth Service ProviderSAML 2.0 Service Provider metadata for the Vanderbilt Institutional Repository, entityID https://ir.vanderb...26.2
Emerging 30 Early or largely undocumented
Scholarworks@UAEU OAI-PMH Repository EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Scholarworks@UAEU, the university's open-access institutional ...25.9Archive ouverte UNIGE OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for the Archive ouverte UNIGE institutional repository, exposing ...25.7POSTECH dCollection Thesis Repository (KERIS tenancy)POSTECH's tenancy on dCollection, the Korea Education and Research Information Service national digital the...25.7UKM Journal Article Repository (OAI-PMH) — unreachableEPrints repository of journal articles published by UKM faculties, institutes and UKM Press, registered in ...25.3Heriot-Watt Research Output Service (ROS)The university's own institutional repository of theses and research outputs, running DSpace 8 on www.ros.h...25.0Scholarship@Western on Scholaris — DSpace REST API (tenant)The HAL+JSON REST API of Western University's Open Repository, reachable anonymously at https://uwo.scholar...23.8RITEC Institutional Repository — DSpace REST APIRITEC (repositorio.tec.mx) is the institution's DSpace 8.0 institutional repository, holding 86,310 discove...23.4RITEC Institutional Repository — OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for RITEC, verified live on 2026-09-01. Identify returns repositoryName "Repositorio I...23.4TOUR Institutional Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for TOUR (TOhoku University Repository). The collection, the depar...23.4DADUN Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH)DADUN (Deposito Academico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra) is the university's open-access institution...22.5Docta Complutense OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for Docta Complutense, on UCM's own host. Probed 2026-08-30: verb=Identify ...22.1Docta Complutense Repository API (DSpace 7)Docta Complutense is UCM's open-access institutional repository, migrated in 2023 to DSpace 7 and self-host...22.1OpenBU Repository — OAI-PMH and DSpace REST (Atmire-operated)OpenBU is Boston University Libraries' open-access institutional repository. The content, the collections a...22.1UTM Institutional Repository (UTM-IR) EPrints OAI-PMH — unreachableThe older EPrints institutional repository, registered with ROAR (record 1358), OpenDOAR and Sherpa (record...21.8UTMIK Repository (DSpace-CRIS) — OAI-PMH and RESTUTM's institutional knowledge repository, running DSpace-CRIS on utmik.utm.my (161.139.22.165, inside UTM's...21.8Knowledge Bank DSpace REST APIREST API for the Knowledge Bank, Ohio State University Libraries' DSpace 7.6 institutional repository. Expo...20.9Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH InterfaceOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Knowledge Bank institutional repository, supporting the st...20.9QSpace Institutional Repository (Open Repository tenant)QSpace is Qatar University's institutional repository — 66,950 records, DSpace 7.6, administered by Qatar U...20.9HAL-ENS Open Archive — ENS-PARIS collectionENS research output is deposited into the ENS-PARIS collection of HAL, the French national open archive ope...20.6AURA DSpace REST API (tenancy on Edinburgh IS infrastructure)The Aberdeen University Research Archive (AURA) runs DSpace 8.1-SNAPSHOT and exposes a public HATEOAS REST ...20.3AURA OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting (tenancy on Edinburgh IS infrastructure)AURA's OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint, repositoryName "Aura", repositoryIdentifier aura.abdn.ac.uk, adminEmail aura-m...20.3UPF Digital Repository OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for e-Repositori, on UPF's own host. Probed 2026-09-01: verb=Ident...20.3UPF Digital Repository REST API (DSpace 7)e-Repositori (Repositori digital de la UPF) is UPF's open-access institutional repository, self-hosted on U...20.3QSpace — Queen's University Institutional Repository (DSpace on Scholaris)QSpace is Queen's open-access institutional repository for theses, dissertations and scholarship. The repos...19.5Biblos-e Archivo OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting endpoint for Biblos-e Archivo. Identify returns repositoryName "Biblos-e Ar...18.0Biblos-e Archivo REST API (DSpace 7)HAL-based REST API for Biblos-e Archivo, UAM's institutional repository, running DSpace 7.6.5. Anonymously ...18.0NCKU Institutional Repository (NCKUR, DSpace)NCKUR is NCKU's institutional repository — theses, dissertations and university scholarly output under hand...15.7Campus-Network-Gated Systems (repository, OPAC, portal)Three university systems resolve into TJU's own address block but are unreachable from outside the campus n...15.6CityUHK Scholars OAI-PMHPublic OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for CityUHK Scholars, the university's research information system and institut...14.0CityUHK Scholars Pure Web Service (tenant deployment)CityUHK's deployment of the Elsevier Pure REST web service, reachable at https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/ws/a...14.0

Companies reaching this through an API (19)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Institutional Repository” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Boston University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Georgia Institute of Technology McMaster University Nanyang Technological University Purdue University Qatar University Tianjin University United Arab Emirates University University of Hong Kong University of Maryland College Park University of Washington University of Waterloo University of Wollongong Washington University in St. Louis Western University École Normale Supérieure de Paris

Score breakdown

Frequency
57.1
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.5
spread across providers
Quality lift
29.8
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
38.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

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DSpace 43 co-occurrences OAI-PMH 74 co-occurrences University 81 co-occurrences Shibboleth 61 co-occurrences Research Data 67 co-occurrences ROR 39 co-occurrences Open Access 60 co-occurrences SAML 74 co-occurrences

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