awesome-research
github.com/tnto/awesome-research ↗A curated list of tools for academic research
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Preprint servers and other repositories
- Academic TorrentsOther repositories
Torrent-based platform to share large datasets
- arXivPreprint servers
The oldest pre-print repository, mostly physics, maths, CS and related fields
- ChemRxivPreprint servers
Chemistry pre-print repository
- HALPreprint servers
France] 🇺🇳 - Archive provided by the French CNRS, open to everyone
- JSTOROther repositories
Library-like project to preserve books and papers in social science
- OSFPreprint servers
Multidisciplinary pre-print repository. It provides a lot of
Dataset of Academic Data
- AMiner
China-based, with web interface
- Constellate
Provides data (often including the full text) of articles available on JSTOR and Portico. With web interface
- CrossRef API
Snapshot available on
- Dimensions
With web interface
- LENS:ORG
With web interface, focus on patents
- OpenAlex
Data released in CC0
Crowd editing
- Authorea
Online collaborative editor. Allow to publish the document as preprint
- Colaboratory
Online collaborative jupyter notebooks
- Collabora Online
Online open-source collaborative office suite. It is possible to self-host Collabora and integrate it with NextCloud/OwnCloud
- GitHub
Online git server
- GitLab
Online open-source git server
- Google Docs
Online collaborative office suite
Search engines
- BASEBibliografic search engines
- CiteSeerXBibliografic search engines
A search engine focused on Computer Science
- Connected PapersLiterature explorer
Suggest similar papers based on the citation network
- COREBibliografic search engines
- Crossref SearchBibliografic search engines
- DoAJBibliografic search engines
Open Access papers and journals only
Grammar checker
- DeepLSites
Online translation, also for short texts
- Google TranslateSites
Online translator
- GrammarlySoftware and Plugins
Browser plugin for grammar, style, and spell checking
- LanguageToolSoftware and Plugins
Open Source multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker. Available as online API, browser plugin and offline software
- ReversoSites
Online translations, provided with real world examples
- WordReferenceSites
Online dictionary, both mono- and bi-lingual
Reference management
- EndNote
Clarivate solution for reference management
- MendeleyBibliografic search engines
Elsivier solution for reference management with both online interface and offline client
- Zotero
An open-source reference manager. It supports many backends for backup and it is extensible with many plugins. Require registration for online use, which remains limited
Papers and Books
- EndNoteClick
A browser plugin for Chrome and Firefox which, when the webpage of an article is opened, shows if there is a pdf available on internet
- LibGen
Library Genesis. An online library built over year by the upload of many researchers
- Nexus
Telegram channel which provides a bot (available in the description) to search material from Sci-Hub and LibGen
- sci-hub
A website which recover papers pdf from publishers sites, thanks to researchers that have shared their credentials
- unpaywall
A browser plugin for Chrome and Firefox which, when the webpage of an article is opened, shows if there is a pdf available on internet
- ZLibrary
An alternative to Library Genesis. Often accessible by
Journal management systems
- Open Journal Systems
Journal management, from submission to peer review and publishing
- PubPub
Journal management, from crowd editing, to peer review and publishing
Showing a sample of 65 resources. View the full list on GitHub →