CogPrints

CogPrints is an <a href="/facts/Disciplinary_repository/zMK10Qz0">electronic archive</a> where authors can self-archive papers in various fields related to <a href="/facts/Cognitive_science/8qoggl7r">cognitive science</a>. These fields include <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>, <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a>, <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistics</a>, and areas of <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> such as <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a>, <a href="/facts/Robotics/wkmvodJz">robotics</a>, vision, learning, speech, and <a href="/facts/Artificial_neural_networks/6V1jMlkx">artificial neural networks</a>. The archive also includes works in <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a> (e.g., philosophy of mind, <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">language</a>, knowledge, science, logic), <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a> (e.g., <a href="/facts/Ethology/dM3CpysA">ethology</a>, behavioral ecology, <a href="/facts/Sociobiology/tV9oqT6G">sociobiology</a>, behavior genetics, evolutionary theory), <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a> (e.g., <a href="/facts/Psychiatry/uzS7vEo0">psychiatry</a>, <a href="/facts/Neurology/TXYEMSYI">neurology</a>, human genetics, imaging), and <a href="/facts/Anthropology/W6WK1C3a">anthropology</a> (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archaeology, paleontology). Additionally, CogPrints hosts research from other areas of the physical, social, and mathematical sciences that are relevant to the study of <a href="/facts/Cognition/ga0tSBul">cognition</a>.
The archive was launched in 1997 and is moderated by <a href="/facts/Stevan_Harnad/K7vY3yTK">Stevan Harnad</a>. As of 2025, it contains over 4,000 freely downloadable articles.
CogPrints has been referenced alongside the physics archive <a href="/facts/ArXiv/H6EtgnBe">arXiv</a> as an example of the author <a href="/facts/Self-archiving/yPp2AAea">self-archiving</a> model within <a href="/facts/Open_access_(publishing)/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> publishing. Over time, under the influence of the <a href="/facts/Open_Archives_Initiative/jjjzq7Gc">Open Archives Initiative</a> and its <a href="/facts/OAI-PMH/Qphlv5Dp">OAI-PMH</a>, the focus of self-archiving has shifted from centralized repositories like CogPrints to distributed self-archiving in <a href="/facts/Institutional_repositories/wnKIUJqk">institutional repositories</a>.
CogPrints was among the first repositories to adopt OAI compliance. Its software was later converted into <a href="/facts/EPrints/UqkJMoMs">EPrints</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Southampton/PVb6rV2E">University of Southampton</a> by Rob Tansley, who later contributed to the development of <a href="/facts/DSpace/s1FSmHI9">DSpace</a>. EPrints is currently maintained by <a href="/facts/Christopher_Gutteridge/l9VwkFE7">Christopher Gutteridge</a> at Southampton.

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