Top 40 Websites to Download Research Papers for Free
Accessing research papers can be challenging, but many platforms offer free academic content. Here are 40 websites where you can find research articles, theses, and preprints without paywalls:
1. Sci-Hub - sci-hub.se
2. ResearchGate - researchgate.net
3. Academia.edu academia.edu
4. CORE core.ac.uk
5. Semantic Scholar - semanticscholar.org
6. PubMed Central ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
7. arXiv arxiv.org
8. SSRNssrn.com
9. JSTOR (Free Access) - jstor.org
10. Springer Open springeropen.com
11.DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) -doaj.org
12.ETHOS (British Library Theses Service) ethos.bl.uk
13.Unpaywall unpaywall.org
14.ScienceOpen - scienceopen.com
15.OpenAIRE openaire.eu
16.0SF Preprints osf.io/preprints
17.PaperPanda - paperpanda.app
18. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) -base-search.net
19.ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) eric.ed.gov
20. Citationsy Archives - citationsy.com/archives
21.DeepDyve deepdyve.com
22.PLOS (Public Library of Science) - plos.org
23.Zenodo zenodo.org
24.bioRxiv & medRxiv - biorxiv.org | medrxiv.org
25.PsyArXiv psyarxiv.com
26.PhilPapers+ philpapers.org
27.HAL Archives - hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
28. Redalycredalyc.org
29.SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)
scielo.org
30. WorldWideScience - worldwidescience.org
31.Research4Life research4life.org
32. Hindawi Publishing - hindawi.com
33.MDPI Open Access mdpi.com
34. Cambridge Open Engage cambridge.org/engage
35. Wiley Open Access - wileyopenaccess.com
36. Nature Communications nature.com/ncomms
37.EBSCO Open Dissertations opendissertations.com
38.OATD (Open Access Theses & Dissertations) -oatd.org
39.Digital Commons Network -network.bepress.com
40. Internet Archive (Scholar Section) https://lnkd.in/gv7TBdQN
