Global Data Base
Comprehensive academic databases for research, indexing, citation, and discovery.
Comprehensive academic databases serve as essential tools for researchers, offering access to scholarly articles, indexing services, and citation tracking. These platforms support literature discovery, enhance research visibility, and ensure academic integrity. They include global systems like Scopus and national repositories, covering diverse disciplines, peer-reviewed content, and open-access publications worldwide.
| Country | Database Name | Managed By / Description | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Korea Citation Index (KCI) | National Research Foundation of Korea | https://www.kci.go.kr | |
| South Korea | DBpia | Nurimedia | https://www.dbpia.co.kr | |
| South Korea | KISS | Korean Studies Information Co. | https://kiss.kstudy.com | |
| South Korea | NTIS | Govt. R&D portal | https://www.ntis.go.kr | |
| Denmark | DEFF (Royal Danish Library) | Royal Danish Library | https://www.kb.dk | |
| Denmark | PURE | Universities (e.g., Aarhus, Copenhagen) | Varies by institution | |
| Denmark | Open Access Denmark (OA-DK) | Aggregates Danish OA publications | https://oa.dk | |
| Netherlands | OpenAIRE Netherlands Portal | Successor of NARCIS, EU-linked | https://netherlands.openaire.eu | |
| Netherlands | DANS | Data Archiving Networked Services (KNAW) | https://dans.knaw.nl | |
| Netherlands | NWO Research Info System | Dutch Research Council | https://www.nwo.nl | |
| Netherlands | Institutional Repositories (e.g., TU Delft) | University-specific (OA & publications) | University websites | |
| Belgium | BELSPO | Federal Science Policy Office | https://www.belspo.be | |
| Belgium | ORBi | University of Liège | https://orbi.uliege.be | |
| Belgium | Ghent University Bibliography | Ghent University | https://biblio.ugent.be | |
| Belgium | Flemish Academic Bibliographic DBs | VLIR, FWO (Flanders) | Institution-specific | |
| Slovenia | COBISS.SI | Slovenian library information system | https://www.cobiss.si | |
| Slovenia | dLib.si | Digital Library of Slovenia | https://www.dlib.si | |
| Japan | CiNii | National Institute of Informatics | https://ci.nii.ac.jp | |
| Japan | J-STAGE | Japan Science and Technology Agency | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp | |
| Germany | BASE | Bielefeld Academic Search Engine | https://www.base-search.net | |
| Germany | LeibnizOpen | Leibniz Association Repositories | https://www.leibnizopen.de | |
| Finland | Finna | National Library of Finland | https://www.finna.fi | |
| Norway | Cristin | Current Research Information System in Norway | https://www.cristin.no | |
| Ireland | Rian.ie | Irish National Repository Aggregator | https://www.rian.ie | |
| Singapore | DR-NTU | Nanyang Technological University Repository | https://dr.ntu.edu.sg | |
| Singapore | OA Repositories (A*STAR, NUS, etc.) | Institution-specific Open Access Systems | Institution websites | |
| United Kingdom | UKRI Gateway to Research | UK Research and Innovation Portal | https://gtr.ukri.org | |
| United Kingdom | EThOS | British Library's Thesis Service | https://ethos.bl.uk | |
| United Kingdom | CORE | Aggregated UK Open Access Repository | https://core.ac.uk | |
| China | CNKI | China National Knowledge Infrastructure | https://www.cnki.net | |
| China | Wanfang Data | Chinese Academic Publications and Theses | https://www.wanfangdata.com.cn | |
| China | VIP Chinese Journal Database | Chinese Journal Indexing | http://qikan.cqvip.com | |
| Hong Kong | HKU Scholars Hub | University of Hong Kong | https://hub.hku.hk | |
| Hong Kong | CUHK Research Portal | Chinese University of Hong Kong | https://research.cuhk.edu.hk | |
| Sweden | DiVA | Swedish Academic Repository | https://www.diva-portal.org | |
| Sweden | SwePub | National Library of Sweden | https://swepub.kb.se | |
| France | HAL | French Open Science repository | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr | |
| France | OpenEdition | OA for humanities/social sciences | https://www.openedition.org | |
| Australia | TROVE | National Library of Australia | https://trove.nla.gov.au | |
| Australia | ARC (ERA) | Australian Research Council Reports | https://www.arc.gov.au | |
| Iceland | Skemman.is | National Repository of Iceland | https://skemman.is | |
| Canada | Erudit | Canadian research and publishing platform | https://www.erudit.org | |
| Canada | Scholars Portal | Ontario Council of University Libraries | https://scholarsportal.info | |
| Spain | Dialnet | University of La Rioja Repository | https://dialnet.unirioja.es | |
| Spain | RECOLECTA | Spanish OA metadata harvester | https://www.recolecta.fecyt.es | |
| Israel | Open Univ. Israel Repository | Open University of Israel | https://openu.ac.il | |
| Russia | eLibrary.ru | Russian Scientific Electronic Library | https://elibrary.ru | |
| Russia | CyberLeninka | Open Access Russian research | https://cyberleninka.ru | |
| Poland | PBN | Polish Scientific Bibliography | https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl | |
| Portugal | RCAAP | National OA Repository | https://www.rcaap.pt | |
| Latvia | UL Repository | University of Latvia | https://dspace.lu.lv | |
| Estonia | ETIS | Estonian Research Info System | https://www.etis.ee | |
| New Zealand | NZResearch.org.nz | National NZ OA Research Aggregator | https://nzresearch.org.nz | |
| Switzerland | SERVAL | University of Lausanne | https://serval.unil.ch | |
| Switzerland | Swisscovery | Swiss Library Network | https://swisscovery.slsp.ch | |
| Lithuania | eLABa | Lithuanian Academic e-Library | https://www.elaba.lt | |
| Hungary | REAL (Repository of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | https://real.mtak.hu | |
| Hungary | MATARKA | Index of Hungarian journals | https://www.matarka.hu | |
| United States | PubMed | National Library of Medicine (Biomedicine) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | |
| United States | ProQuest | Commercial academic database | https://www.proquest.com | |
| United States | EBSCOhost | Academic & institutional journals | https://www.ebsco.com | |
| United States | JSTOR | Academic archive for humanities, social sciences | https://www.jstor.org | |
| United States | WorldCat | Library catalog and research access | https://www.worldcat.org | |
| Taiwan | Airiti Library | Taiwanese academic journals & theses | https://www.airitilibrary.com | |
| Taiwan | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations | MOE Taiwan | https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw | |
| Greece | National Documentation Centre (EKT) | National aggregator of Greek research | https://www.ekt.gr/en | |
| Greece | HEAL-Link | Consortium of Greek academic libraries | https://www.heal-link.gr | |
| Czech Republic | ASEP (Czech Academy of Sciences Repository) | Czech Academy of Sciences | https://asep.lib.cas.cz | |
| Czech Republic | NUŠL (National Repository of Grey Literature) | Government of Czech Republic | https://nusl.cz | |
| Austria | ePubWU | Vienna University of Economics repository | https://epub.wu.ac.at | |
| Austria | Phaidra | University of Vienna OA platform | https://phaidra.univie.ac.at | |
| Italy | CINECA IRIS | National research repository system for Italian universities | https://iris.research.it | |
| Italy | OpenAIRE Italy Portal | Italian node of the EU-wide OA platform | https://italy.openaire.eu | |
| Turkey | DergiPark | Turkish academic journal platform | https://dergipark.org.tr | |
| Turkey | TUBITAK ULAKBIM | Turkish Academic Network and Information Center | https://www.ulakbim.gov.tr | |
| Argentina | CONICET Digital | National Scientific and Technical Research Council | https://digital.conicet.gov.ar | |
| Argentina | SID - Sistema Nacional de Repositorios | Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation | https://repositoriosdigitales.mincyt.gob.ar | |
| Mexico | Redalyc | Latin American open access journals | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Mexico | CONRICYT | Consortium of Mexican research libraries | https://www.conricyt.mx | |
| Mexico | UNAM Institutional Repository | National Autonomous University of Mexico | https://ru.unam.mx | |
| Chile | SciELO Chile | Scientific Electronic Library Online – Chile node | https://scielo.conicyt.cl | |
| Chile | REUNA (National Academic Network) | Research and Education Network of Chile | https://www.reuna.cl | |
| Chile | ANID Repositorio | National Agency for Research and Development Repository | https://repositorio.anid.cl | |
| Slovakia | CRZP (Central Registry of Theses) | Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR) | https://crzp.sk | |
| Slovakia | Slovak National Repository (NUKRIS) | National repository of research outputs | https://www.cvtisr.sk | |
| Luxembourg | ORBilu | Open Repository and Bibliography at University of Luxembourg | https://orbilu.uni.lu | |
| Kazakhstan | KazNEB (Kazakh National Electronic Library) | National repository of publications | https://kazneb.kz | |
| Kazakhstan | National Scientific Portal | Repository and digital science info in Kazakhstan | https://nauka.kz | |
| Costa Rica | Kímuk | Costa Rican Repository of Indigenous Knowledge & Research | https://kimuk.conare.ac.cr | |
| Costa Rica | CONARE Repository | National Council of Rectors – national repository | https://repositorios.conare.ac.cr | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Digital Library (SDL) | Ministry of Education digital research platform | https://sdl.edu.sa | |
| Saudi Arabia | KFUPM ePrints | Repository of King Fahd University | https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa | |
| Grenada | SGU Digital Repository | St. George’s University Institutional Repository | https://www.sgu.edu | |
| Brunei | UBD eRepository | Universiti Brunei Darussalam OA Repository | https://eprints.ubd.edu.bn | |
| San Marino | University of San Marino Repository | Limited institutional OA resources (not centralized) | https://www.unirsm.sm | |
| Fiji | USP Electronic Research Repository | University of the South Pacific (covers 12 Pacific countries) | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Samoa | USP Research Repository | University of the South Pacific (regional, covers Samoa) | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Research Repository (via USP) | USP supports research publication from Seychelles | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Mongolia | Mongolian Academy of Sciences Repository | Limited national repository, often institution-specific | https://www.mas.ac.mn | |
| Mongolia | NUM Institutional Repository | National University of Mongolia | http://repository.num.edu.mn | |
| Vietnam | VNU Institutional Repository | Vietnam National University (Hanoi & HCM campuses) | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn | |
| Vietnam | VJOL (Vietnam Journals Online) | Hosted by INASP & Vietnamese institutions | https://www.vjol.info.vn | |
| Ecuador | REDALYC | Latin American open access index (used by Ecuadorian universities) | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Ecuador | DSpace PUCE | Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador repository | http://repositorio.puce.edu.ec | |
| Malta | OAR@UM (Open Access Repository) | University of Malta | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar | |
| Nepal | NepJOL (Nepal Journals Online) | INASP-supported index of Nepali journals | https://www.nepjol.info | |
| Nepal | TU Digital Library | Tribhuvan University (leading national university) | http://elibrary.tucl.edu.np | |
| Belarus | NTL Repository (National Library) | Belarusian National Library repository | https://www.nlb.by | |
| Belarus | Republican Research Portal | Belarusian R&D archive (limited access) | https://www.portal.nauka.by | |
| Oman | Oman Virtual Science Library | Ministry of Higher Education, Research & Innovation | https://www.moe.gov.om | |
| Oman | SQU Repository | Sultan Qaboos University | https://scholar.squ.edu.om | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Ross University Repository | Institutional repository (Ross University School of Veterinary Med.) | https://www.rossu.edu | |
| Maldives | Maldives National University Repository | Institutional repository (MNU) | https://mnu.edu.mv | |
| Maldives | USP Repository | Regional access via University of the South Pacific (covers Maldives) | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Sri Lanka | SLJOL (Sri Lanka Journals Online) | INASP-supported national journal indexing | https://www.sljol.info | |
| Sri Lanka | University of Colombo e-Repository | Major institutional repository | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk | |
| Uzbekistan | Ziyonet | National educational and scientific network | https://ziyonet.uz | |
| Uzbekistan | elibrary.uz | Uzbek national electronic library of research | http://elibrary.uz | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz National Library Repository | Limited centralized system; mostly institutional repositories | https://nlkr.gov.kg | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Osh State University Repository | Institutional archive | http://lib.oshsu.kg | |
| Saint Vincent & Grenadines | UWI Repository (via Open Campus) | University of the West Indies Open Campus – covers SVG | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Albania | DSpace Universiteti i Tiranës | University of Tirana Repository | http://dspace.unitir.edu.al | |
| Albania | Albanian Scientific Journals | Albanian journals indexing | http://journals.euser.org | |
| Indonesia | Garuda (Garba Rujukan Digital) | Indonesia’s national citation and indexing system | https://garuda.kemdikbud.go.id | |
| Indonesia | SINTA (Science and Technology Index) | Ministry of Research & Higher Education | https://sinta.kemdikbud.go.id | |
| Indonesia | Neliti | Indonesia’s largest open-access repository | https://www.neliti.com | |
| Serbia | doiSerbia | Serbian citation indexing and OA platform | https://www.doiserbia.nb.rs | |
| Serbia | SCIndeks | Serbian Citation Index | https://scindeks.ceon.rs | |
| Timor‑Leste | UNTL Repository | Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) Repository | http://untl.edu.tl | |
| Timor‑Leste | ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) | Regional platform Timor-Leste contributes to | https://www.asean-cites.org | |
| Georgia | Open Access Repository of TSU | Tbilisi State University repository | https://dspace.tsu.ge | |
| Georgia | Techinformi | National Scientific & Technical Information Center | http://techinformi.ge | |
| Philippines | HERDIN Plus (Health Research DB) | DOST – Philippine Council for Health Research & Dev. | https://www.herdin.ph | |
| Philippines | PHL CHED Connect | Commission on Higher Education's digital learning resources | https://phlconnect.ched.gov.ph | |
| Philippines | Ateneo, UP, DLSU Repositories | Institutional repositories | University websites | |
| Kiribati | USP Research Repository | University of the South Pacific (regional) | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Algeria | ASJP (Algerian Scientific Journal Platform) | Ministry of Higher Education – national journal index | https://www.asjp.cerist.dz | |
| Algeria | CERIST Repository | Centre for Scientific and Technical Information | https://www.cerist.dz | |
| Colombia | SciELO Colombia | Regional open access database for Colombia | https://scielo.org.co | |
| Colombia | Redalyc | Latin American OA journal index used widely in Colombia | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Colombia | Repositorio MinCiencias | Colombian Ministry of Science | https://repositorio.minciencias.gov.co | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | UWI Repository | University of the West Indies Open Campus | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Croatia | Hrčak: Portal of Scientific Journals | Croatian OA journal platform | https://hrcak.srce.hr | |
| Croatia | Dabar | Croatian national digital academic repositories | https://dabar.srce.hr | |
| Peru | Alicia (Repositorio Nacional Digital) | Peruvian national repository system (CONCYTEC) | https://alicia.concytec.gob.pe | |
| Peru | Redalyc & SciELO Peru | Latin American index platforms | https://www.redalyc.org / https://scielo.org.pe | |
| Mauritius | UoM Institutional Repository | University of Mauritius | http://uom-repository.uom.ac.mu | |
| Mauritius | MOI Research Repository | Mauritius Oceanography Institute | Institutional sites | |
| Montenegro | UDG Repository | University of Donja Gorica Repository | http://repository.udg.edu.me | |
| Montenegro | COBISS.ME | Library and information system (shared in Balkan region) | https://www.cobiss.me | |
| Iran | ISC (Islamic World Science Citation Center) | Regional citation index (used widely across the Islamic world) | https://www.isc.gov.ir | |
| Iran | IranDoc | Iranian Research Institute for Information Science & Technology | https://irandoc.ac.ir | |
| Iran | SID (Scientific Information Database) | Comprehensive Iranian research index | https://www.sid.ir | |
| Iran | MagIran | Iranian journal indexing and full-texts | https://www.magiran.com | |
| Bahrain | Ahlia University Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.ahlia.edu.bh | |
| Bahrain | University of Bahrain Repository | Limited public access; research repository | https://www.uob.edu.bh | |
| Liechtenstein | University of Liechtenstein Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.uni.li | |
| Liechtenstein | Swisscovery (via Switzerland consortia) | Access to publications via cross-border Swiss networks | https://swisscovery.slsp.ch | |
| Egypt | ARSE (African Research Space – Egypt node) | Continental research hub | https://www.arspace.africa | |
| Egypt | Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) | National digital library & academic content platform | https://www.ekb.eg | |
| Egypt | Ain Shams & Cairo University Repositories | Institutional research output | University websites | |
| Belize | UWI Repository (via Open Campus) | Covers Caribbean countries including Belize | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Belize | Galen University Digital Resources | Institutional repository | https://galen.edu.bz | |
| Azerbaijan | AzScienceNet | National research and education network | https://azsciencenet.az | |
| Azerbaijan | ANAS Repository | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences | http://science.gov.az | |
| Tajikistan | Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan Repository | Limited access; mostly institutional | http://www.anrt.tj | |
| Tajikistan | Tajik Technical University Repository | Institutional platform | https://ttu.tj | |
| Bhutan | RUB Repository | Royal University of Bhutan — Open Access Repository | https://www.rub.edu.bt | |
| Malaysia | MyJurnal | Malaysian academic journals indexing platform | https://myjurnal.mohe.gov.my | |
| Malaysia | MyCite (Malaysian Citation Index) | National research performance index | https://www.mycite.my | |
| Malaysia | UM, USM, UKM Repositories | Top university archives | Institutional websites | |
| Kenya | Kenya Education Network (KENET) | National academic e-infrastructure | https://www.kenet.or.ke | |
| Kenya | Kenyatta, UoN, Egerton Repositories | University-specific repositories | Institutional websites | |
| Qatar | QSpace | Qatar University Institutional Repository | https://qspace.qu.edu.qa | |
| Qatar | QNL (Qatar National Library Digital Library) | Aggregates national research content | https://www.qnl.qa | |
| Qatar | Sidra Medicine Repository | Biomedical research archive | https://www.sidra.org | |
| Nauru | USP Research Repository | University of the South Pacific covers Nauru | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait University Digital Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.kuniv.edu.kw | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait Foundation for Adv. Sci. Publications | Research funding & publishing support | https://www.kfas.org | |
| Dominica | UWI Repository (Open Campus) | University of the West Indies covers Dominica | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Bolivia | Redalyc | Widely used for Bolivian journals | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Bolivia | SciELO Bolivia | Latin American open access journal platform | https://scielo.org.bo | |
| Dominican Republic | CONABIP Repository | National digital library and archives | http://biblioteca.conabip.gob.do | |
| Dominican Republic | UASD Institutional Repository | Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo | https://biblioteca.uasd.edu.do | |
| Saint Lucia | UWI Repository | UWI Open Campus includes Saint Lucia | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Armenia | Armenian e-Science Library (eSL) | National academic repository | http://www.sci.am | |
| Armenia | NAS RA Repository | National Academy of Sciences of Armenia | http://repo.sci.am | |
| Romania | ANELiS+ | National platform for access to electronic scientific resources | https://www.anelisplus.ro | |
| Romania | RePEc Romania | Romanian economics and related research index | https://ideas.repec.org/s/ror/rorrom.html | |
| Romania | Institutional Repositories (UB, UBB, UAIC) | University-specific research repositories | University websites | |
| British Virgin Islands | UWI Repository (regional access) | UWI Open Campus includes BVI | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| India | Shodhganga | Indian ETD repository (INFLIBNET) | https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in | |
| India | Indian Citation Index (ICI) | National research indexing | https://www.indiancitationindex.com | |
| India | J-Gate | Global e-journal access portal (India-based) | https://jgateplus.com | |
| India | NDL (National Digital Library of India) | Aggregated academic and research content | https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in | |
| India | UGC-CARE List | Journals recognized by India's University Grants Commission | https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in | |
| Laos | LUR (Lao University Repository via NUOL) | National University of Laos – Institutional Repository | https://www.nuol.edu.la | |
| Laos | ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) | Regional indexing platform where Laos contributes | https://www.asean-cites.org | |
| Uruguay | SciELO Uruguay | Latin American open access platform | https://www.scielo.edu.uy | |
| Uruguay | Redalyc | OA platform used widely by Uruguayan institutions | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Uruguay | UDELAR Repository | Universidad de la República | https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy | |
| Tunisia | Université de Tunis Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.utunis.rnu.tn | |
| Tunisia | National Scientific Research Database | Limited national portal (managed by MESRS) | http://www.mes.tn | |
| Tunisia | DOAJ (Indexed Journals from Tunisia) | Several Tunisian journals indexed in DOAJ | https://doaj.org | |
| Eswatini | UNESWA Repository | University of Eswatini (UNESWA) research archive | https://www.uneswa.ac.sz | |
| Eswatini | eSwatini Research Portal (emerging) | Ministry of Education (developing platform) | N/A (in development) | |
| Ghana | KNUSTSpace | Kwame Nkrumah University repository | https://ir.knust.edu.gh | |
| Ghana | UGSpace | University of Ghana Repository | https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh | |
| Ghana | Ghana Digital Library | Aggregated repository (limited national scope) | http://www.digitallibrary.edu.gh | |
| Thailand | TCI (Thai-Journal Citation Index) | National citation index | https://www.tci-thaijo.org | |
| Thailand | ThaiLIS | Thai Library Integrated System | http://www.thailis.or.th | |
| Thailand | NRCT Repository | National Research Council of Thailand | http://www.nrct.go.th | |
| Moldova | National Library of Moldova | Academic and heritage repository | https://www.bnrm.md | |
| Moldova | ASEM Repository (Academy of Economic Studies) | Institutional repository | https://irek.ase.md | |
| Myanmar | Dagon University Repository (DU) | Institutional open access platform | http://www.du.edu.mm | |
| Myanmar | ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) | Regional indexing platform that includes Myanmar | https://www.asean-cites.org | |
| North Korea | Unavailable | No publicly accessible academic database or repository | N/A | |
| Venezuela | SciELO Venezuela | Latin American OA journal platform | https://scielo.org.ve | |
| Venezuela | Redalyc | Widely used by Venezuelan institutions | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Venezuela | SABER-ULA | Universidad de Los Andes repository | https://www.saber.ula.ve | |
| El Salvador | MINED Digital Library | Ministry of Education repository for research & publications | http://www.mined.gob.sv | |
| El Salvador | Redalyc | Used by Salvadoran institutions for OA publishing | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| El Salvador | UES Repository (University of El Salvador) | Institutional repository | http://ri.ues.edu.sv | |
| Morocco | IMIST-CNRST | Moroccan Scientific and Technical Information Institute | https://www.imist.ma | |
| Morocco | Revue Sciences et Technologies | Moroccan indexed research journal portal | https://revues.imist.ma | |
| South Africa | NRF (National Research Foundation) | Hosts South African research portal | https://www.nrf.ac.za | |
| South Africa | SABINET | Indexing and full-text academic content | https://www.sabinet.co.za | |
| South Africa | SciELO SA | South African node of SciELO OA platform | https://www.scielo.org.za | |
| South Africa | UPSpace | University of Pretoria Repository | https://repository.up.ac.za | |
| Jamaica | UWI Mona Repository | University of the West Indies Mona Campus | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Jamaica | CARIBBEAN JOURNALS Online (CJOL) | Caribbean-wide OA platform | https://www.caribbeanjournals.com | |
| Panama | SciELO Panama | National OA scientific journal repository | https://scielo.org.pa | |
| Panama | SIBIUP (University of Panama Library Sys.) | Institutional research repository | https://www.up.ac.pa | |
| Solomon Islands | USP Research Repository | Regional repository through University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Cape Verde | Uni-CV Repository | University of Cape Verde repository | http://repositorio.unicv.edu.cv | |
| Cape Verde | African Journals Online (AJOL) | Some journals from Cape Verde indexed here | https://www.ajol.info | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | USP Repository (regional) | Regional access via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Very limited national platforms | — | — | |
| Cambodia | Cambodian Citation Index (CCI) | National indexing initiative (emerging) | https://cci.gov.kh | |
| Cambodia | RUPP Repository | Royal University of Phnom Penh | https://rupp.edu.kh | |
| Togo | Université de Lomé Repository | Institutional digital archive | https://www.univ-lome.tg | |
| Togo | AJOL (African Journals Online) | Some Togolese journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Bangladesh | BanglaJOL | INASP-supported journal index for Bangladesh | https://www.banglajol.info | |
| Bangladesh | DU Repository | University of Dhaka Institutional Repository | https://repository.library.du.ac.bd | |
| Bangladesh | BRAC, BUET, NSU Repositories | Top university archives | University websites | |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG University of Technology Repository | Institutional archive | https://www.unitech.ac.pg | |
| Papua New Guinea | UPNG Repository | University of Papua New Guinea repository | https://www.upng.ac.pg | |
| Papua New Guinea | USP Repository | Regional access via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Tuvalu | USP Repository | Tuvalu is part of USP network for research dissemination | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Sierra Leone | University of Sierra Leone Repository | Institutional repository (limited access) | University websites | |
| Sierra Leone | AJOL (African Journals Online) | African-wide platform with some Sierra Leonean journal coverage | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Guatemala | Redalyc / SciELO | Many Guatemalan journals are part of these Latin American OA platforms | https://www.redalyc.org / https://scielo.org.gt | |
| Guatemala | USAC Repository | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Institutional Repository | http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt | |
| Jordan | JUST Repository | Jordan University of Science & Tech repository | https://www.just.edu.jo | |
| Jordan | University of Jordan Repository | OA institutional repository | http://repository.ju.edu.jo | |
| Jordan | DOAJ | Jordanian journals indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals | https://doaj.org | |
| Suriname | Anton de Kom University Repository | National university institutional archive | http://www.uvs.edu | |
| Suriname | SciELO/Redalyc | Some institutions participate regionally | https://www.scielo.org | |
| Lesotho | NUL Repository | National University of Lesotho repository | https://www.nul.ls | |
| Lesotho | AJOL | Some Lesotho-based journals are indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Benin | UAC Repository (Université d'Abomey-Calavi) | Largest academic institution in Benin | https://www.uac.bj | |
| Benin | AJOL | Multiple journals from Benin indexed here | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Yemen | Sana’a University Repository | Institutional access to theses and journals | University website | |
| Yemen | Yemen Academy of Sciences | Academic research publications (limited online presence) | N/A | |
| Yemen | DOAJ | Yemeni journals indexed for international visibility | https://doaj.org | |
| Honduras | Redalyc | Latin American OA journal aggregator | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Honduras | UNAH Repository | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras | https://www.unah.edu.hn | |
| Rwanda | Rwanda Education and Research Network (RwEdNet) | National academic network | https://www.rwednet.org.rw | |
| Rwanda | University of Rwanda Repository | Institutional OA archive | https://dr.ur.ac.rw | |
| Bulgaria | BulDML (Bulgarian Digital Mathematics Library) | Subject-specific national repository | http://www.math.bas.bg/bulnt | |
| Bulgaria | National Centre for Information and Documentation (NACID) | Government-managed academic database | https://www.nacid.bg | |
| Bulgaria | RePEc Bulgaria | Indexed in economics-specific platforms | https://ideas.repec.org/s/bul/bulgar.html | |
| Ivory Coast | Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny Repository | Major institutional repository | http://ufhb.ci | |
| Ivory Coast | AJOL (African Journals Online) | Some journals from Ivory Coast indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Pakistan | PakMediNet | Medical and health sciences journal index | https://www.pakmedinet.com | |
| Pakistan | HEC Pakistan Digital Library | Higher Education Commission research portal | https://digitallibrary.hec.gov.pk | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Research Repository | National ETD and OA platform | http://prr.hec.gov.pk | |
| Djibouti | Limited online repository access | No centralized public repository; some international indexing | — | |
| Djibouti | Regional access via AJOL | Journals from neighboring countries included | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Sudan | University of Khartoum Repository | One of the few institutional open-access archives | http://khartoumspace.uofk.edu | |
| Sudan | AJOL | Several Sudanese journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Mauritania | Université de Nouakchott Repository | Institutional archive (limited) | http://www.univ-nkc.mr | |
| Mauritania | No national database | Limited visibility outside regional partnerships | — | |
| Barbados | UWI Cave Hill Repository | University of the West Indies (Barbados campus) | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Barbados | CARICOM Research Access | Regional research portal | https://www.caricom.org | |
| Cameroon | AJOL | Multiple Cameroonian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Cameroon | University of Yaoundé I Repository | Institutional access | https://www.uy1.uninet.cm | |
| Cameroon | Ministry of Higher Education Digital Portal | Government-linked resource platform | http://www.minesup.gov.cm | |
| Eritrea | University of Asmara Repository (Archived) | No active national repository; limited institutional access | N/A | |
| Eritrea | AJOL (Regional) | African Journals Online – few Eritrean journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Burkina Faso | CAMES OA Platform | Francophone African research and publication network | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Burkina Faso | University of Ouagadougou Repository | Institutional repository | University website | |
| Burkina Faso | AJOL | Several journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Cuba | SciELO Cuba | National node of SciELO (Latin American OA database) | https://scielo.sld.cu | |
| Cuba | Redalyc | Cuba participates widely in this platform | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Cuba | Infomed / BVS Cuba | Biomedical research portal | http://www.sld.cu | |
| Brazil | SciELO Brazil | Founding member of SciELO, major international OA platform | https://scielo.org | |
| Brazil | Lattes Platform | Brazilian researchers’ database (CNPq) | https://lattes.cnpq.br | |
| Brazil | CAPES Portal | National scientific journals and theses index | https://www.periodicos.capes.gov.br | |
| Afghanistan | Kabul University Repository (emerging) | Limited OA repositories; mostly institutional | https://ku.edu.af | |
| Afghanistan | INASP / DOAJ | Some Afghan journals supported internationally | https://doaj.org | |
| Niger | Université Abdou Moumouni Repository | Institutional archive (limited) | https://uam.refer.ne | |
| Niger | AJOL | A few Nigerien journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Madagascar | AJOL | Madagascar journals indexed on African Journals Online | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Madagascar | University of Antananarivo Repository | Institutional (limited online presence) | University website | |
| Tanzania | COSTECH (Tanzania Commission for Science & Tech) | Oversees research activities | https://www.costech.or.tz | |
| Tanzania | UDSM Repository (Univ. of Dar es Salaam) | Institutional digital repository | https://repository.udsm.ac.tz | |
| Tanzania | AJOL | Several Tanzanian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Liberia | University of Liberia Repository (Limited) | Institutional (not publicly open) | University website | |
| Liberia | AJOL | Limited representation, regional access | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Burundi | University of Burundi Repository | Institutional archive (limited access) | University website | |
| Burundi | AJOL | Some Burundian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Comoros | Université des Comores Repository | Limited institutional repository | University website | |
| Comoros | AJOL | African Journals Online — very limited Comorian representation | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Marshall Islands | USP Research Repository | Access via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Senegal | SENÉGAL RECHERCHE (CAMES / UCAD) | Institutional and regional (CAMES) publication platform | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Senegal | Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) | Strong OA repository | https://www.ucad.sn | |
| Senegal | AJOL | Multiple journals from Senegal | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Mali | University of Bamako Repository | Institutional repository | University website | |
| Mali | CAMES | Regional West African scholarly index | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Mali | AJOL | Several Malian journals included | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Uganda | Makerere University Institutional Repository | Leading research archive in East Africa | https://makir.mak.ac.ug | |
| Uganda | AJOL | Several Ugandan journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Uganda | NRENs/Uganda Scholarly Digital Library | Uganda’s national academic connectivity initiative | https://www.renu.ac.ug | |
| Bahamas | University of The Bahamas Repository | Institutional archive | https://www.ub.edu.bs | |
| Bahamas | CARICOM & UWI Repository | Regional Caribbean access | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Gambia | University of The Gambia Repository | Institutional archive | https://www.utg.edu.gm | |
| Gambia | AJOL | Limited Gambian journal indexing | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Mozambique | EduMoz Digital Repository | Mozambique’s digital education and research platform | http://www.edumoz.net | |
| Mozambique | AJOL | Several Mozambican journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Chad | Université de N'Djamena Repository | Institutional (limited online visibility) | University website | |
| Chad | CAMES / AJOL | Regional research visibility | https://www.ajol.info / www.lecames.org | |
| Central African Republic | Université de Bangui Repository | Very limited public access; mainly institutional | University website | |
| Central African Republic | CAMES / AJOL | Some regional indexing support | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Guinea | Université Gamal Abdel Nasser Repository | Main public university archive (limited access) | University website | |
| Guinea | CAMES | Regional West African scholarly evaluation platform | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Guinea | AJOL | Guinea has limited representation | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Cyprus | University of Cyprus Library Repository | Institutional archive | https://library.ucy.ac.cy | |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Open Research Archive (CORA) | National open research repository | https://www.cora.ac.cy | |
| Cyprus | Zenodo / DOAJ | Cypriot journals and papers available internationally | https://zenodo.org / https://doaj.org | |
| United Arab Emirates | UAEU ScholarWorks | United Arab Emirates University OA repository | https://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae | |
| United Arab Emirates | NYU Abu Dhabi Repository | International branch campus repository | https://nyuad.nyu.edu | |
| United Arab Emirates | DOAJ / Scimago | Many UAE journals indexed in international platforms | https://doaj.org / https://www.scimagojr.com | |
| Aruba | University of Aruba Repository | Institutional (limited public repository) | https://www.ua.aw | |
| Aruba | Dutch Caribbean Research Platform | Regional research access | N/A | |
| Ukraine | DNP Repository (Vernadsky National Library) | National digital scientific repository | http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua | |
| Ukraine | URIS (Ukrainian Research Information System) | Government-led research information system | https://cris.nas.gov.ua | |
| Ukraine | OAIster / DOAJ / Scopus-participating | Many Ukrainian journals are internationally indexed | https://www.doaj.org | |
| North Macedonia | UKIM Repository (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University) | Leading national repository | https://eprints.ukim.edu.mk | |
| North Macedonia | DOAJ | North Macedonian journals are increasingly indexed | https://www.doaj.org | |
| Niue | USP Research Repository | Regional access via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen State Repository (Limited) | Some digital records via university archives | Institutional websites only | |
| Turkmenistan | No centralized public academic database | — | — | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | UWI St. Augustine Repository | University of the West Indies (St. Augustine Campus) | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | CARICOM Research & Repositories | Regional policy and academic database | https://caricom.org | |
| Guyana | University of Guyana Repository | Institutional repository (UGSpace) | https://uog.edu.gy | |
| Guyana | UWI Regional Access | Also has access to UWI network repositories | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Puerto Rico | UPR (University of Puerto Rico) Repository | Institutional open-access research archive | https://repositorio.upr.edu | |
| Puerto Rico | SciELO / Redalyc / DOAJ | Some Puerto Rican journals indexed internationally | https://www.scielo.org / https://www.redalyc.org / https://doaj.org | |
| Palau | USP Repository | Regional repository via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Lebanon | LAU (Lebanese American University) Repository | Institutional repository | https://libraries.lau.edu.lb | |
| Lebanon | AUB (American University of Beirut) ScholarWorks | Leading academic archive | https://scholarworks.aub.edu.lb | |
| Lebanon | DOAJ / Scimago | Several Lebanese journals indexed globally | https://doaj.org / https://scimagojr.com | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | University of Sarajevo Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.unsa.ba | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | DOAJ / Hrčak (via regional journals) | Regional indexing via Balkans | https://www.doaj.org / https://hrcak.srce.hr | |
| Malawi | LUANAR, MUBAS, UNIMA Repositories | Institutional archives of top universities | University websites | |
| Malawi | AJOL | Several Malawian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Namibia | University of Namibia Repository (UNAM) | National institutional repository | https://repository.unam.edu.na | |
| Namibia | AJOL | Namibia is represented on African Journals Online | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Vanuatu | USP Repository | Member of the University of the South Pacific network | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa University Repository (AAU-ETD) | Major institutional OA archive | https://etd.aau.edu.et | |
| Ethiopia | AJOL | Dozens of Ethiopian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Paraguay | UNA (Universidad Nacional de Asunción) Repository | Largest institutional archive | http://www.una.py | |
| Paraguay | SciELO Paraguay | Node of the SciELO Latin American OA system | https://scielo.iics.una.py | |
| Paraguay | Redalyc | Many Paraguayan journals are indexed | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Palestine | Birzeit University Repository | Major academic archive | https://fada.birzeit.edu | |
| Palestine | Al-Quds University Repository | Institutional archive | https://www.alquds.edu | |
| Palestine | Arab World Research Source / DOAJ | Journals increasingly indexed internationally | https://www.doaj.org | |
| Tonga | USP Research Repository | Regional access via University of the South Pacific | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Bermuda | University of the West Indies (UWI) System | Regional access for Caribbean territories | https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu | |
| Republic of the Congo | Université Marien Ngouabi Repository | Institutional repository (limited online access) | University website | |
| Republic of the Congo | CAMES | Regional Francophone African indexing platform | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Republic of the Congo | AJOL | A few journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Botswana | University of Botswana Institutional Repository | National-level archive | https://ubrisa.ub.bw | |
| Botswana | AJOL | Multiple Botswana-based journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Equatorial Guinea | CAMES | Francophone regional academic platform | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Limited public repositories | Very limited digital access | N/A | |
| Libya | University of Tripoli Repository | Institutional repository | https://uot.edu.ly | |
| Libya | Libyan Academic Journals Portal (LAJP) | National publishing portal | http://journals.uot.edu.ly | |
| Libya | DOAJ | Some Libyan journals indexed | https://doaj.org | |
| Iraq | Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals (IASJ) | National indexing and journal platform | https://www.iasj.net | |
| Iraq | University of Baghdad / Koya / Mosul Repositories | Institutional archives | University websites | |
| Iraq | DOAJ | Many Iraqi journals indexed | https://www.doaj.org | |
| Nicaragua | UNAN Managua Repository | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua – institutional | https://repositorio.unan.edu.ni | |
| Nicaragua | Redalyc / SciELO | Several Nicaraguan journals included | https://www.redalyc.org / https://www.scielo.org | |
| Micronesia | USP Repository | Federated States of Micronesia access research via USP | http://repository.usp.ac.fj | |
| Nigeria | AJOL (African Journals Online) | Largest contributor to AJOL from Africa | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Universities Digital Repositories | e.g., UI, UNILAG, OAU, UNN etc. | Individual university websites | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Journal Online Platforms (e.g., NJM) | Subject-specific national indexes | Varies by domain | |
| Nigeria | DOAJ / Scopus-indexed journals | Many Nigerian journals are internationally indexed | https://www.doaj.org / https://www.scopus.com | |
| Zimbabwe | University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository | Major research archive | https://ir.uz.ac.zw | |
| Zimbabwe | Chinhoyi Univ., NUST, MSU Repositories | Other institutional repositories | University websites | |
| Zimbabwe | AJOL | Zimbabwe has multiple journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Haiti | Université d'État d'Haïti Repository | Limited institutional repository | University website | |
| Haiti | Redalyc / SciELO | Some Haitian journals indexed regionally | https://www.redalyc.org | |
| Gabon | Université Omar Bongo Repository | Institutional access (limited) | University website | |
| Gabon | CAMES | Francophone African academic evaluation platform | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Gabon | AJOL | A few Gabonese journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Guinea-Bissau | CAMES | Participates in Francophone African academic networks | https://www.lecames.org | |
| Guinea-Bissau | No public national repository | — | — | |
| Angola | Revistas Científicas Angola | National online journal platform | http://revistas.rca.uao.ao | |
| Angola | University of Agostinho Neto Repository | Institutional repository | https://www.uan.ao | |
| Angola | AJOL | Limited Angolan journal access | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Syria | University of Damascus Repository | Institutional archive (access may be limited due to conflict) | University website | |
| Syria | DOAJ | Several Syrian journals indexed | https://www.doaj.org | |
| Zambia | University of Zambia Repository (UNZA) | Institutional repository | https://dspace.unza.zm | |
| Zambia | Mulungushi Univ., Copperbelt Univ. Archives | Other university repositories | University websites | |
| Zambia | AJOL | Numerous Zambian journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| DR Congo | Université de Kinshasa Repository | Limited public access; some institutional access | University website | |
| DR Congo | CAMES | Regional support for research indexing | https://www.lecames.org | |
| DR Congo | AJOL | Few Congolese journals indexed | https://www.ajol.info | |
| Andorra | Universitat d’Andorra Repository | Institutional open-access archive | https://www.uda.ad | |
| Andorra | European Research Networks | Participates in EU-based platforms (e.g., Zenodo, OpenAIRE) | https://zenodo.org / https://www.openaire.eu |
