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OpenAlexCORE
Free

Free to search, analyze and reuse.

 Free

Searching is free; CORE is a not-for-profit service with additional offerings for…

Web Web
  • Covers about half a billion scholarly works
  • Web app, API and bulk download
  • Very large collection of open access papers
  • Full text as well as metadata
  • A search catalog rather than an AI reading assistant
  • Analysis beyond the web app needs API or data skills
  • Limited to open access content
  • Search only; no AI summaries described in the research
Web application, Hosted service Web application
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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