10 free sites
Free Research
10 free sites in Research. Every one was opened and checked before it went on the list. 1 of them sit in a legal gray area and are marked on the row.
- Semantic Scholar semanticscholar.org Top pick
A free academic search engine that indexes millions of papers with citation graphs and AI-generated TL;DR summaries for each.
- arXiv arxiv.org Top pick
Free research papers in physics, math, computer science and more, often posted before they are formally published.
- Unpaywall unpaywall.org Top pick
Finds free, legally hosted open-access copies of paywalled research papers. The legitimate counterpart to Sci-Hub, mostly used as a browser extension.
- Connected Papers connectedpapers.com
Enter one academic paper and it draws a visual graph of related papers based on shared citations, for exploring a literature.
- CORE core.ac.uk
Search millions of open-access research papers gathered from university and journal repositories, all free to read.
- DOAJ doaj.org
A curated index of peer-reviewed, open-access academic journals across every subject. Search whole journals, not just single papers.
- JSTOR jstor.org
A large library of academic journals, books and primary sources. Full access usually comes through a school or library. A free personal account can read a limited number of articles online.
- Quanta Magazine quantamagazine.org
Free science reporting on math, physics, biology and computer science, written for curious readers rather than experts.
- Sci-Hub sci-hub.al Gray area
Paste a paper's DOI or URL and it retrieves a free copy of the paywalled journal article.
Paywall-bypass mirror, copyright-infringing. Use your own judgment.
- ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com
Science news from universities and research institutes, updated throughout the day.
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