Repository Mandate
Research Papers Asia was established to provide an open, non-partisan, and non-commercial repository where independent scholars, university faculties, and think-tanks can share timely pre-prints and policy working papers. In an era where commercial publishers impose restrictive paywalls, the platform champions fast-track open dissemination of public interest research.
Independent Scientific Character
Research Papers Asia operates as an independent civil academic platform under Asia Association. It is not an arm of any government, does not issue state-accredited university degrees, and holds no commercial journal indexing monopoly. Working papers reflect the individual empirical research of submitting authors.