For social sciences, the equivalent of arXiv is SSRN, the Social Science Research Network  [1][2]. arXiv itself is not very open to expanding subject coverage, due to financial pressures [3]. 

-Jodi

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Science_Research_Network
[2] http://ssrn.com/
[3] http://arxiv.org/help/support/faq#7E


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jodi Schneider <jschneider@pobox.com> wrote:
Getting First Monday indexed in ISI would be a good step.

Yes.  

I have helped start an open access journal before [1] so I'd be happy to give advice. But generally, I don't think that we need more journals. 

Well, we definitely need more arXiv topic areas or equivalents outside the hard sciences.
People should be able to publish their work as quickly as they like in a professional way, especially in fields that change rapidly and need to benefit from collaborating with one another.  
 
SJ