The world’s largest collection of open access research papers
CORE features
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Comprehensive data coverage
We provide both metadata andfull text access to ourcomprehensive collection through our APIs and Datasets
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Cost-free PIDs for your repository
OAI identifiers are unique identifiers minted cost-free by repositories. Ensure that your repository is correctly configured, enabling theCORE OAI Resolver to redirect your identifiers to your repository landing pages.
OAI IDs provide a cost-free option for assigning Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) to your repository records.Learn more.
Who we serve?
20 million monthly active usersCompanies
Enabling others to create new tools and innovate using a global comprehensive collection of research papers.
“Our partnership with CORE will provideTurnitin with vast amounts of metadata and full textsthat we can ...” Show more
Gareth Malcolm, Content Partner Manager at Turnitin
Academic institutions
Making research more discoverable, improving metadata quality, helping to meet and monitor open access compliance.
“CORE’s role in providing a unified search ofrepository content is a great tool for the researcher andex...” Show more
Nicola Dowson, Library Services Manager at Open University
Researchers & general public
Tools to find, discover and explore the wealth of open access research. Free for everyone, forever.
“With millions of research papers available across thousands of different systems,CORE provides an invalu...” Show more
Jon Tennant, Rogue Paleontologist and Founder of the Open Science MOOC
In memoriamFunders
Helping funders to analyse, audit and monitor open research and accelerate towards open science.
“Aggregation plays an increasingly essential role in maximising the long-term benefits of open access, hel...” Show more
Ben Johnson, Research Policy Adviser at Research England
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Burton Davis
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, at Microsoft
Microsoft is committed to increasing open access to scientific knowledge to help further research and fuel breakthroughs to address society’s greatest challenges, such as improving healthcare and the sustainability of our planet. We are proud to support CORE’s important work [as part of Microsoft’sOpen Data campaign] of making more scientific scholarly content openly available, helping foster innovation, including the responsible development of Al. [read more about Microsoft’s support for CORE].
