13 #Sci-Hub Alternative Websites
The paper you need requires payment & can't use sci-hub??
You don't have to pay to read academic papers. Here are 13 sci-hub alternative websites to download papers for free.
Unpaywall --> https://unpaywall.org/
Install this browser extension on Chrome and read the paper directly on the journal's website legally and for free.
Open Access Button (OAB) --> https://lnkd.in/ex2kAJ7v
Copy and paste the paper link or DOI on the OAB website. Paper will be accessible on the next page. Legally.
PaperPanda --> https://paperpanda.app/
Like Unpaywall, this Chrome extension allows you to access millions of research papers in one click.
DOAJ --> https://doaj.org/
As the name suggests, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) provides access to millions of scientific papers from around the world for free.
OA[.]mg --> https://oa.mg/
Like Google that was made specifically to find academic papers. There are more than 250 million papers available to access.
Core --> https://core.ac.uk/
The largest database of research papers in the world with more than 298 million papers from all over the world that can be accessed for free.
arXiv --> https://arxiv.org/
Especially for lovers of natural sciences and economics, this website provides access to 2.4 million academic papers for free.
Tandfonline --> http://www.tandfonline.com
200++ open journals can be access with one click.
JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/
JSTOR provides access to thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources in various disciplines. While not entirely free, JSTOR offers limited access to content without a subscription, making it a partial alternative to Sci-Hub.
Zenodo https://zenodo.org/
Developed under the European OpenAIRE program and operated by the CERN, Zenodo is a general-purpose open-access repository that enables researchers to share and preserve any kind of research output in any size and any format.
PubMed Central https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
The U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
ScienceOpen https://www.scienceopen.com/
A freely accessible research network to share and evaluate scientific information.
BASE https://www.base-search.net/
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic open access web resources.
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