Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Summary

The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) are an ongoing project by Oxford University Press comprising 26 encyclopedias across disciplines including African History, American History, Anthropology, Business and Management, Climate Science, Communication, Criminology, Economics and Finance, Education, Linguistics, Literature, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology, Religion, and more. Each encyclopedia contains in-depth, peer-reviewed overview articles written and edited by leading scholars, covering both foundational and cutting-edge topics. The collection includes the Encyclopedia of Social Work and the Oxford Classical Dictionary, with new topics added monthly and existing essays updated.

Keywords

encyclopedia reference peer-reviewed academic oxford humanities social-sciences sciences subscription

Topics

Multi-domain (Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences)

Research notes

• The site was entirely free during an initial development period but now requires institutional subscription. Three encyclopedias resulted from collaborations with NASW Press, American Institute of Physics, and International Studies Association.