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CORE

Ch 027.4of 33 Academic Research Databases
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Browser, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan · free trial
  3. 3Full-text accessYes
  4. 4Advanced searchYes
  5. 5Subject coveragemultidisciplinary
  6. 6Content typesresearch papers, journal articles, preprints, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings, reports, books
  7. 7Theses and dissertationsYes
  8. 8Conference proceedingsYes
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Overview

CORE is ranked #2 of 33 in academic research databases on Specifiction. It runs on API, Browser extension, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.

CORE plans and pricing

All plans
CORE API — free access without registration Free Free access subject to rate limits; one batch request or five single requests per 10 seconds core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Starting membership Free For data providers; includes the CORE Repository Dashboard core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
CORE API — registered access Not published Registered users get better performance; higher rates require contacting CORE for a quote core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Supporting membership Not published Includes Starting benefits, technical support, and CORE API access for the institution and researchers core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Sustaining membership Not published Includes Supporting benefits, OA Compliance dashboard, dataset use for the university, repository health check, and unlimited prioritised support core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on academic research databases

Free plan
Yescore.ac.uk
Full-text access
Yescore.ac.uk
Advanced search
Yescore.ac.uk
Subject coverage
multidisciplinarycore.ac.uk
Content types
research papers, journal articles, preprints, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings, reports, bookscore.ac.uk
Theses and dissertations
Yescore.ac.uk
Conference proceedings
Yescore.ac.uk
Institutional access
Yescore.ac.uk

Facts

Research discovery
CORE indexes scholarly literature from repositories, preprint servers, and journals and provides a search service for open access papers.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Corpus size
CORE says its collection contains 449 million searchable research papers and 57 million full texts.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
API access
The CORE API provides real-time machine access to metadata and full texts of research papers.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Bulk data
CORE Dataset lets users download CORE data and run processes such as prototyping, data analysis, and text mining on their own infrastructure.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Discovery tools
CORE Discovery is available as a browser extension, repository plugin, and API for developers and third-party services.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Repository recommender
CORE Recommender is a plugin for repositories, journal systems, and web interfaces that suggests similar articles.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations
CORE says its Discovery tool can integrate with repositories, and its API documentation includes examples and wrappers for common programming languages.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Membership support
Supporting membership includes technical support, while Sustaining membership includes unlimited and prioritised support.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Usage terms
CORE says commercial use of its API is allowed subject to its terms and conditions, and some uses require obtaining a licence.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Eligibility limits
CORE says downloadable dataset access is currently limited to users representing organisations registered in non-sanctioned countries; individuals may access data through the API instead.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Governance
CORE describes itself as a not-for-profit, community-governed service and a signatory to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructures.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
Who it serves
CORE lists researchers, the general public, academic institutions, developers, funders, and companies among the stakeholders its services support.core.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026

Company

Founded
2010core.ac.uk · 23 Sept 2026
Headquarters
Milton Keynes, United Kingdomcore.ac.uk · 23 Sept 2026

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