30 websites to download research papers for free, from arXiv to Sci-Hub
Faheem_uh · x · 2026-10-23
A curated list of 30 websites for freely accessing research papers:
- Open-access aggregators: CORE, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, ScienceOpen, Semantic Scholar
- Preprint servers: arXiv, bioRxiv, PsyArXiv, OSF Preprints, HAL Archives
- Established databases: SSRN, JSTOR, ERIC, PLOS, SciELO, Zenodo
- Theses: EThOS, EBSCO Open Dissertations, Open Access Theses and Dissertations
- Paywall workarounds: Sci-Hub, Unpaywall, PaperPanda, DeepDyve
- Academic communities: ResearchGate, Academia.edu, PhilPapers, Redalyc, Internet Archive, SpringerOpen, Citationsy Archives
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