Repository
Digital Commons
Digital Commons is a commercial platform that lets universities build their institutional repository; it is owned by Elsevier.
How it connects
Who is behind it
- Digital Commons owned by Elsevier. Acquired by Elsevier in 2017 through bepress. It is a wholly owned business unit.
Builds on
- Digital Commons implements OAI-PMH.
Related to
- Digital Commons relates to Repository software. Hosted commercial service that provides the repository software.
Links
Details
Also known as: bepress, Berkeley Electronic Press
Description
Digital Commons is built and run by bepress (Berkeley Electronic Press), which Elsevier acquired in 2017. It sits alongside Pure and Interfolio under the same parent.
Attributes
| url | https://www.bepress.com/products/digital-commons/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q5275819 |
| status | active |
| governance | Commercial |
| outputLicence | partly-open |
| codebase | proprietary |
| note | Hosted institutional-repository platform. Built and operated by bepress (Berkeley Electronic Press), a company acquired by Elsevier in 2017 and run as a wholly owned business unit. |
| type | Repository |
| repositoryKind | hosted-service |
| accessModel | mixed |
| Tags | function: deposit, theme: vertical integration |
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Commons_(Elsevier)(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- https://www.bepress.com(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04): bepress, the company that builds and operates Digital Commons.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-04
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