G20 Countries Status on Institutional Repositories in OpenDOAR: An Exploratory Study

The G20 (Group of Twenty) consists of 19 countries and the European Union (EU). The 19 countries that are members of the G20.This Paper aims to examine the growth and development of G20 Countries status on Institutional Repositories available in OPENDOAR. The Data was collected from the Directory of OPENDOAR. The study finds that the USA with 926 (25%) number of repositories in OPEN DOAR leads the table followed by Japan with 627 (12%), United Kingdom with 0324, Turkey with 180, Indonesia with 174, Brazil with 170, France with 160, Italy with 143, India with 106, Canada with 100, Australia with 91, Argentina with 84, China 65, Maxico with 53, Russia with 50, South Africa 50. Taken together, a total of 3643 Contributions are found in OPEN DOAR of G20 countries. A total of 1006 repositories that use Dspace software belong to Argentina 46, Australia 21, Brazil 143, Canada 33, China 37, France 10, Germany 44 India 58, Indonesia 16, Italy 75, Japan 60, Mexico 33, Russia 33, Saudi Arabia 7, South Africa 32, Turkey 150, United Kingdom 50. The study is original work intended to examine the contributions of G20 countries in OPENDOAR.