Of course. The more places you post your work, the higher the likelihood that someone will see it. Kevin Hoover On 1/29/23 8:14 AM, Humberto Barreto wrote: > It is free to upload your paper to SSRN and you should take advantage > of this, but (cue Darth Vader music), it's owned by Elsevier. > > An alternative, which you should also use to maximize visibility for > your work, is > > https://econpapers.repec.org/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://econpapers.repec.org/__;!!OToaGQ!pW4dz4g73QC4imCanX4XcTJtKEHu0k_mrU3VCxcWk8bpV5iHQ02b4KRq-1WMz3GGwgvs_l1IOXpitpCplE-60w$> > > May the Force be with you, > > B > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 8:03 AM Kevin Hoover <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER SERIES* > > ANNOUNCEMENT AND/OR REMINDER OF THE /FREE/ WORKING PAPER > SERIES ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK'S (SSRN's) > ECONOMIC RESEARCH NETWORK (ERN) > > > *ADVANTAGES* > > * A FREE AND OPEN FORUM / > //+ /open to all interested parties at no cost to the user > + accepts papers and abstracts in all areas of history of > economics and related fields (anything that might interest > historians of economics) > > * WIDE DISTRIBUTION FOR YOUR WORK > + an opportunity to expose your work to a broad spectrum of > scholars within and beyond the history-of-economics community > + current Statistics: > * 3,991 papers posted > * mean downloads: 181 per paper > * median downloads: 77 per paper > > * A CONVENIENT ARCHIVE > + easy to upload your papers > + easy download other scholar's papers > + easy to check statistics of abstract views and downloads > > * EASY TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT WORK > + papers announced via the ERN History of Economics eJournal > -- an e-mail "eJournal" with links to download abstracted papers > > * NO BARRIER TO CIRCULATION IN OTHER SERIES OR SUBSEQUENT > PUBLICATION > + despite the title "eJournal," this is simply an announcement > of working paper abstracts > + SSRN does not take copyright nor object to publication in > other working paper series > + posting to the SSRN website does not preclude to subsequent > publication of papers in refereed journals (in fact, most > journal articles were previously circulated in some working > paper series) > > *HOW TO SUBSCRIBE AND SUBMIT PAPERS* > > * GO TO /SSRN.com /AND CLICK ON /Subscribe /AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS > * LINK YOUR PAPER TO THE /ERN History of Economics eJournal/ > + follow links to /Economics Research Network > + /go to , /ERN Subject Matter Journals > + /check box on /History of Economics eJournal/ > > > *MAXIMIZING YOUR VISIBILITY* > > * SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO UP TO TWELVE (12) JOURNALS > + for example, list a paper on the history of demand theory to > various Microeconomics eJournals and to the Philosophy and > Methodology of Economics eJournal > + experience shows that history authors receive many downloads > from non-historians when papers are listed broadly > + broad listing is good the individual author's visibility > /and also/ is a public good that raises the the visibility of > the history of economics more generally in the wider profession > > > Kevin D. Hoover > Co-Editor, ERN History of Economics Journal > [log in to unmask] > > Steven G. Medema > Co-Editor, ERN History of Economics Journal > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > -- > > Prof. Humberto Barreto > DePauw University > 765-365-4099 > > www.depauw.edu/learn/econexcel > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.depauw.edu/learn/econexcel__;!!OToaGQ!pW4dz4g73QC4imCanX4XcTJtKEHu0k_mrU3VCxcWk8bpV5iHQ02b4KRq-1WMz3GGwgvs_l1IOXpitpDoTDkSeg$> > ideas.repec.org/f/pba1125.html > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ideas.repec.org/f/pba1125.html__;!!OToaGQ!pW4dz4g73QC4imCanX4XcTJtKEHu0k_mrU3VCxcWk8bpV5iHQ02b4KRq-1WMz3GGwgvs_l1IOXpitpDaqJu6hQ$>