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21 Legit Research Databases for Free Journal Articles in 2022

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Has this ever happened to you? While looking for websites for research, you come across a research paper site that claims to connect academics to a peer-reviewed article database for free.

Intrigued, you search for keywords related to your topic, only to discover that you must pay a hefty subscription fee to access the service. After the umpteenth time being duped, you begin to wonder if there's even such a thing as free journal articles .

Subscription fees and paywalls are often the bane of students and academics, especially those at small institutions who don't provide access to many free article directories and repositories.

Whether you're working on an undergraduate paper, a PhD dissertation, or a medical research study, we want to help you find tools to locate and access the information you need to produce well-researched, compelling, and innovative work.

Below, we discuss why peer-reviewed articles are superior and list out the best free article databases to use in 2022.

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Why peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles are more authoritative.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Determining what sources are reliable can be challenging. Peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles are the gold standard in academic research. Reputable academic journals have a rigorous peer-review process.

The peer review process provides accountability to the academic community, as well as to the content of the article. The peer review process involves qualified experts in a specific (often very specific) field performing a review of an article's methods and findings to determine things like quality and credibility.

Peer-reviewed articles can be found in peer-reviewed article databases and research databases, and if you know that a database of journals is reliable, that can offer reassurances about the reliability of a free article. Peer review is often double blind, meaning that the author removes all identifying information and, likewise, does not know the identity of the reviewers. This helps reviewers maintain objectivity and impartiality so as to judge an article based on its merit.

Where to Find Peer-Reviewed Articles

Peer-reviewed articles can be found in a variety of research databases. Below is a list of some of the major databases you can use to find peer-reviewed articles and other sources in disciplines spanning the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

What Are Open Access Journals?

An open access (OA) journal is a journal whose content can be accessed without payment. This provides scholars, students, and researchers with free journal articles . OA journals use alternate methods of funding to cover publication costs so that articles can be published without having to pass those publication costs on to the reader.

Open Access Journals

Some of these funding models include standard funding methods like advertising, public funding, and author payment models, where the author pays a fee in order to publish in the journal. There are OA journals that have non-peer-reviewed academic content, as well as journals that focus on dissertations, theses, and papers from conferences, but the main focus of OA is peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles.

The internet has certainly made it easier to access research articles and other scholarly publications without needing access to a university library, and OA takes another step in that direction by removing financial barriers to academic content.

Choosing Wisely

Features of legitimate oa journals.

 There are things to look out for when trying to decide if a free publication journal is legitimate:

Mission statement —The mission statement for an OA journal should be available on their website.

Publication history —Is the journal well established? How long has it been available?

Editorial board —Who are the members of the editorial board, and what are their credentials?

Indexing —Can the journal be found in a reliable database?

Peer review —What is the peer review process? Does the journal allow enough time in the process for a reliable assessment of quality?

Impact factor —What is the average number of times the journal is cited over a two-year period?

Features of Illegitimate OA Journals

There are predatory publications that take advantage of the OA format, and they are something to be wary of. Here are some things to look out for:

Contact information —Is contact information provided? Can it be verified?

Turnaround —If the journal makes dubious claims about the amount of time from submission to publication, it is likely unreliable.

Editorial board —Much like determining legitimacy, looking at the editorial board and their credentials can help determine illegitimacy.

Indexing —Can the journal be found in any scholarly databases?

Peer review —Is there a statement about the peer review process? Does it fit what you know about peer review?

How to Find Scholarly Articles

Identify keywords.

Keywords are included in an article by the author. Keywords are an excellent way to find content relevant to your research topic or area of interest. In academic searches, much like you would on a search engine, you can use keywords to navigate through what is available to find exactly what you're looking for.

Authors provide keywords that will help you easily find their article when researching a related topic, often including general terms to accommodate broader searches, as well as some more specific terms for those with a narrower scope. Keywords can be used individually or in combination to refine your scholarly article search.

Narrow Down Results

Sometimes, search results can be overwhelming, and searching for free articles on a journal database is no exception, but there are multiple ways to narrow down your results. A good place to start is discipline.

What category does your topic fall into (psychology, architecture, machine learning, etc.)? You can also narrow down your search with a year range if you're looking for articles that are more recent.

A Boolean search can be incredibly helpful. This entails including terms like AND between two keywords in your search if you need both keywords to be in your results (or, if you are looking to exclude certain keywords, to exclude these words from the results).

Consider Different Avenues

If you're not having luck using keywords in your search for free articles, you may still be able to find what you're looking for by changing your tactics. Casting a wider net sometimes yields positive results, so it may be helpful to try searching by subject if keywords aren't getting you anywhere.

You can search for a specific publisher to see if they have OA publications in the academic journal database. And, if you know more precisely what you're looking for, you can search for the title of the article or the author's name.

The Top 21 Free Online Journal and Research Databases

Navigating OA journals, research article databases, and academic websites trying to find high-quality sources for your research can really make your head spin. What constitutes a reliable database? What is a useful resource for your discipline and research topic? How can you find and access full-text, peer-reviewed articles?

Fortunately, we're here to help. Having covered some of the ins and outs of peer review, OA journals, and how to search for articles, we have compiled a list of the top 21 free online journals and the best research databases. This list of databases is a great resource to help you navigate the wide world of academic research.

These databases provide a variety of free sources, from abstracts and citations to full-text, peer-reviewed OA journals. With databases covering specific areas of research and interdisciplinary databases that provide a variety of material, these are some of our favorite free databases, and they're totally legit!

CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of OA research. CORE has the largest collection of OA articles available. It allows users to search more than 219 million OA articles. While most of these link to the full-text article on the original publisher's site, or to a PDF available for download, five million records are hosted directly on CORE.

CORE's mission statement is a simple and straightforward commitment to offering OA articles to anyone, anywhere in the world. They also host communities that are available for researchers to join and an ambassador community to enhance their services globally. In addition to a straightforward keyword search, CORE offers advanced search options to filter results by publication type, year, language, journal, repository, and author.

CORE's user interface is easy to use and navigate. Search results can be sorted based on relevance or recency, and you can search for relevant content directly from the results screen.

Collection: 219,537,133 OA articles

Other Services: Additional services are available from CORE, with extras that are geared toward researchers, repositories, and businesses. There are tools for accessing raw data, including an API that provides direct access to data, datasets that are available for download, and FastSync for syncing data content from the CORE database.

CORE has a recommender plug-in that suggests relevant OA content in the database while conducting a search and a discovery feature that helps you discover OA versions of paywalled articles. Other features include tools for managing content, such as a dashboard for managing repository output and the Repository Edition service to enhance discoverability.

Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes

Advanced Search Options: Language, author, journal, publisher, repository, DOI, year

2. ScienceOpen

Functioning as a research and publishing network, ScienceOpen offers OA to more than 74 million articles in all areas of science. Although you do need to register to view the full text of articles, registration is free. The advanced search function is highly detailed, allowing you to find exactly the research you're looking for.

The Berlin- and Boston-based company was founded in 2013 to "facilitate open and public communications between academics and to allow ideas to be judged on their merit, regardless of where they come from." Search results can be exported for easy integration with reference management systems.

You can also bookmark articles for later research. There are extensive networking options, including your Science Open profile, a forum for interacting with other researchers, the ability to track your usage and citations, and an interactive bibliography. Users have the ability to review articles and provide their knowledge and insight within the community.

Collection: 74,560,631

Other Services: None

Advanced Search Options:  Content type, source, author, journal, discipline

3. Directory of Open Access Journals

A multidisciplinary, community-curated directory, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) gives researchers access to high-quality peer-reviewed journals. It has archived more than two million articles from 17,193 journals, allowing you to either browse by subject or search by keyword.

The site was launched in 2003 with the aim of increasing the visibility of OA scholarly journals online. Content on the site covers subjects from science, to law, to fine arts, and everything in between. DOAJ has a commitment to "increase the visibility, accessibility, reputation, usage and impact of quality, peer-reviewed, OA scholarly research journals globally, regardless of discipline, geography or language."

Information about the journal is available with each search result. Abstracts are also available in a collapsible format directly from the search screen. The scholarly article website is somewhat simple, but it is easy to navigate. There are 16 principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly publishing that clearly outline DOAJ policies and standards.

Collection: 6,817,242

Advanced Search Options:  Subject, journal, year

4. Education Resources Information Center

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the Institution of Education Sciences allows you to search by topic for material related to the field of education. Links lead to other sites, where you may have to purchase the information, but you can search for full-text articles only. You can also search only peer-reviewed sources.

The service primarily indexes journals, gray literature (such as technical reports, white papers, and government documents), and books. All sources of material on ERIC go through a formal review process prior to being indexed. ERIC's selection policy is available as a PDF on their website.

The ERIC website has an extensive FAQ section to address user questions. This includes categories like general questions, peer review, and ERIC content. There are also tips for advanced searches, as well as general guidance on the best way to search the database. ERIC is an excellent database for content specific to education.

Collection: 1,292,897

Advanced Search Options: Boolean

5. arXiv e-Print Archive

The arXiv e-Print Archive is run by Cornell University Library and curated by volunteer moderators, and it now offers OA to more than one million e-prints.

There are advisory committees for all eight subjects available on the database. With a stated commitment to an "emphasis on openness, collaboration, and scholarship," the arXiv e-Print Archive is an excellent STEM resource.

The interface is not as user-friendly as some of the other databases available, and the website hosts a blog to provide news and updates, but it is otherwise a straightforward math and science resource. There are simple and advanced search options, and, in addition to conducting searches for specific topics and articles, users can browse content by subject. The arXiv e-Print Archive clearly states that they do not peer review the e-prints in the database.

Collection: 1,983,891

Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: No

Advanced Search Options:  Subject, date, title, author, abstract, DOI

6. Social Science Research Network

The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a collection of papers from the social sciences community. It is a highly interdisciplinary platform used to search for scholarly articles related to 67 social science topics. SSRN has a variety of research networks for the various topics available through the free scholarly database.

The site offers more than 700,000 abstracts and more than 600,000 full-text papers. There is not yet a specific option to search for only full-text articles, but, because most of the papers on the site are free access, it's not often that you encounter a paywall. There is currently no option to search for only peer-reviewed articles.

You must become a member to use the services, but registration is free and enables you to interact with other scholars around the world. SSRN is "passionately committed to increasing inclusion, diversity and equity in scholarly research," and they encourage and discuss the use of inclusive language in scholarship whenever possible.

Collection: 1,058,739 abstracts; 915,452 articles

Advanced Search Options: Term, author, date, network

7. Public Library of Science

Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a big player in the world of OA science. Publishing 12 OA journals, the nonprofit organization is committed to facilitating openness in academic research. According to the site, "all PLOS content is at the highest possible level of OA, meaning that scientific articles are immediately and freely available to anyone, anywhere."

PLOS outlines four fundamental goals that guide the organization: break boundaries, empower researchers, redefine quality, and open science. All PLOS journals are peer-reviewed, and all 12 journals uphold rigorous ethical standards for research, publication, and scientific reporting.

PLOS does not offer advanced search options. Content is organized by topic into research communities that users can browse through, in addition to options to search for both articles and journals. The PLOS website also has resources for peer reviewers, including guidance on becoming a reviewer and on how to best participate in the peer review process.

Collection: 12 journals

Advanced Search Options: None

8. OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR, or the Directory of Open Access Repositories, is a comprehensive resource for finding free OA journals and articles. Using Google Custom Search, OpenDOAR combs through OA repositories around the world and returns relevant research in all disciplines.

The repositories it searches through are assessed and categorized by OpenDOAR staff to ensure they meet quality standards. Inclusion criteria for the database include requirements for OA content, global access, and categorically appropriate content, in addition to various other quality assurance measures. OpenDOAR has metadata, data, content, preservation, and submission policies for repositories, in addition to two OA policy statements regarding minimum and optimum recommendations.

This database allows users to browse and search repositories, which can then be selected, and articles and data can be accessed from the repository directly. As a repository database, much of the content on the site is geared toward the support of repositories and OA standards.

Collection: 5,768 repositories

Other Services: OpenDOAR offers a variety of additional services. Given the nature of the platform, services are primarily aimed at repositories and institutions, and there is a marked focus on OA in general. Sherpa services are OA archiving tools for authors and institutions.

They also offer various resources for OA support and compliance regarding standards and policies. The publication router matches publications and publishers with appropriate repositories.

There are also services and resources from JISC for repositories for cost management, discoverability, research impact, and interoperability, including ORCID consortium membership information. Additionally, a repository self-assessment tool is available for members.

Advanced Search Options:  Name, organization name, repository type, software name, content type, subject, country, region

9. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) is operated by the Bielefeld University Library in Germany, and it offers more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 sources. Sixty percent of its content is OA, and you can filter your search accordingly.

BASE has rigorous inclusion requirements for content providers regarding quality and relevance, and they maintain a list of content providers for the sake of transparency, which can be easily found on their website. BASE has a fairly elegant interface. Search results can be organized by author, title, or date.

From the search results, items can be selected and exported, added to favorites, emailed, and searched in Google Scholar. There are basic and advanced search features, with the advanced search offering numerous options for refining search criteria. There is also a feature on the website that saves recent searches without additional steps from the user.

Collection: 276,019,066 documents; 9,286 content providers

Advanced Search Options:  Author, subject, year, content provider, language, document type, access, terms of reuse

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10. Digital Library of the Commons Repository

Run by Indiana University, the Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Repository is a multidisciplinary journal repository that allows users to access thousands of free and OA articles from around the world. You can browse by document type, date, author, title, and more or search for keywords relevant to your topic.

DCL also offers the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons, an image database, and a keyword thesaurus for enhanced search parameters. The repository includes books, book chapters, conference papers, journal articles, surveys, theses and dissertations, and working papers. DCL advanced search features drop-down menus of search types with built-in Boolean search options.

Searches can be sorted by relevance, title, date, or submission date in ascending or descending order. Abstracts are included in selected search results, with access to full texts available, and citations can be exported from the same page. Additionally, the image database search includes tips for better search results.

Collection: 10,784

Advanced Search Options:  Author, date, title, subject, sector, region, conference

11. CIA World Factbook

The CIA World Factbook is a little different from the other resources on this list in that it is not an online journal directory or repository. It is, however, a useful free online research database for academics in a variety of disciplines.

All the information is free to access, and it provides facts about every country in the world, which are organized by category and include information about history, geography, transportation, and much more. The World Factbook can be searched by country or region, and there is also information about the world’s oceans.

This site contains resources related to the CIA as an organization rather than being a scientific journal database specifically. The site has a user interface that is easy to navigate. The site also provides a section for updates regarding changes to what information is available and how it is organized, making it easier to interact with the information you are searching for.

Collection: 266 countries

12. Paperity

Paperity boasts its status as the "first multidisciplinary aggregator of OA journals and papers." Their focus is on helping you avoid paywalls while connecting you to authoritative research. In addition to providing readers with easy access to thousands of journals, Paperity seeks to help authors reach their audiences and help journals increase their exposure to boost readership.

Paperity has journal articles for every discipline, and the database offers more than a dozen advanced search options, including the length of the paper and the number of authors. There is even an option to include, exclude, or exclusively search gray papers.

Paperity is available for mobile, with both a mobile site and the Paperity Reader, an app that is available for both Android and Apple users. The database is also available on social media. You can interact with Paperity via Twitter and Facebook, and links to their social media are available on their homepage, including their Twitter feed.

Collection: 8,837,396

Advanced Search Options: Title, abstract, journal title, journal ISSN, publisher, year of publication, number of characters, number of authors, DOI, author, affiliation, language, country, region, continent, gray papers

13. dblp Computer Science Bibliography

The dblp Computer Science Bibliography is an online index of major computer science publications. dblp was founded in 1993, though until 2010 it was a university-specific database at the University of Trier in Germany. It is currently maintained by the Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics.

Although it provides access to both OA articles and those behind a paywall, you can limit your search to only OA articles. The site indexes more than three million publications, making it an invaluable resource in the world of computer science. dblp entries are color-coded based on the type of item.

dblp has an extensive FAQ section, so questions that might arise about topics like the database itself, navigating the website, or the data on dblp, in addition to several other topics, are likely to be answered. The website also hosts a blog and has a section devoted to website statistics.

Collection: 5,884,702

14. EconBiz

EconBiz is a great resource for economic and business studies. A service of the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, it offers access to full texts online, with the option of searching for OA material only. Their literature search is performed across multiple international databases.

EconBiz has an incredibly useful research skills section, with resources such as Guided Walk, a service to help students and researchers navigate searches, evaluate sources, and correctly cite references; the Research Guide EconDesk, a help desk to answer specific questions and provide advice to aid in literature searches; and the Academic Career Kit for what they refer to as Early Career Researchers.

Other helpful resources include personal literature lists, a calendar of events for relevant calls for papers, conferences, and workshops, and an economics terminology thesaurus to help in finding keywords for searches. To stay up-to-date with EconBiz, you can sign up for their newsletter.

Collection: 1,075,219

Advanced Search Options:  Title, subject, author, institution, ISBN/ISSN, journal, publisher, language, OA only

15. BioMed Central

BioMed Central provides OA research from more than 300 peer-reviewed journals. While originally focused on resources related to the physical sciences, math, and engineering, BioMed Central has branched out to include journals that cover a broader range of disciplines, with the aim of providing a single platform that provides OA articles for a variety of research needs. You can browse these journals by subject or title, or you can search all articles for your required keyword.

BioMed Central has a commitment to peer-reviewed sources and to the peer review process itself, continually seeking to help and improve the peer review process. They're "committed to maintaining high standards through full and stringent peer review." They publish the journal Research Integrity and Peer Review , which publishes research on the subject.

Additionally, the website includes resources to assist and support editors as part of their commitment to providing high-quality, peer-reviewed OA articles.

Collection: 507,212

Other Services: BMC administers the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) registry. While initially designed for registering clinical trials, since its creation in 2000, the registry has broadened its scope to include other health studies as well.

The registry is recognized by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO), and it meets the requirements established by the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.

The study records included in the registry are all searchable and free to access. The ISRCTN registry "supports transparency in clinical research, helps reduce selective reporting of results and ensures an unbiased and complete evidence base."

Advanced Search Options:  Author, title, journal, list

A multidisciplinary search engine, JURN provides links to various scholarly websites, articles, and journals that are free to access or OA. Covering the fields of the arts, humanities, business, law, nature, science, and medicine, JURN has indexed almost 5,000 repositories to help you find exactly what you're looking for.

Search features are enhanced by Google, but searches are filtered through their index of repositories. JURN seeks to reach a wide audience, with their search engine tailored to researchers from "university lecturers and students seeking a strong search tool for OA content" and "advanced and ambitious students, age 14-18" to "amateur historians and biographers" and "unemployed and retired lecturers."

That being said, JURN is very upfront about its limitations. They admit to not being a good resource for educational studies, social studies, or psychology, and conference archives are generally not included due to frequently unstable URLs.

Collection: 5,064 indexed journals

Other Services: JURN has a browser add-on called UserScript. This add-on allows users to integrate the JURN database directly into Google Search. When performing a search through Google, the add-on creates a link that sends the search directly to JURN CSE. JURN CSE is a search service that is hosted by Google.

Clicking the link from the Google Search bar will run your search through the JURN database from the Google homepage. There is also an interface for a DuckDuckGo search box; while this search engine has an emphasis on user privacy, for smaller sites that may be indexed by JURN, DuckDuckGo may not provide the same depth of results.

Advanced Search Options:  Google search modifiers

Dryad is a digital repository of curated, OA scientific research data. Launched in 2009, it is run by a not-for-profit membership organization, with a community of institutional and publisher members for whom their services have been designed. Members include institutions such as Stanford, UCLA, and Yale, as well as publishers like Oxford University Press and Wiley.

Dryad aims to "promote a world where research data is openly available, integrated with the scholarly literature, and routinely reused to create knowledge." It is free to access for the search and discovery of data. Their user experience is geared toward easy self-depositing, supports Creative Commons licensing, and provides DOIs for all their content.

Note that there is a publishing charge associated if you wish to publish your data in Dryad. When searching datasets, they are accompanied by author information and abstracts for the associated studies, and citation information is provided for easy attribution.

Collection: 44,458

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Run by the British Library, the E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) allows you to search over 500,000 doctoral theses in a variety of disciplines. All of the doctoral theses available on EThOS have been awarded by higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

Although some full texts are behind paywalls, you can limit your search to items available for immediate download, either directly through EThOS or through an institution's website. More than half of the records in the database provide access to full-text theses.

EThOS notes that they do not hold all records for all institutions, but they strive to index as many doctoral theses as possible, and the database is constantly expanding, with approximately 3,000 new records added and 2,000 new full-text theses available every month. The availability of full-text theses is dependent on multiple factors, including their availability in the institutional repository and the level of repository development.

Collection: 500,000+

Advanced Search Options:  Abstract, author's first name, author's last name, awarding body, current institution, EThOS ID, year, language, qualifications, research supervisor, sponsor/funder, keyword, title

PubMed is a research platform well-known in the fields of science and medicine. It was created and developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). It has been available since 1996 and offers access to "more than 33 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books."

While PubMed does not provide full-text articles directly, and many full-text articles may be behind paywalls or require subscriptions to access them, when articles are available from free sources, such as through PubMed Central (PMC), those links are provided with the citations and abstracts that PubMed does provide.

PMC, which was established in 2000 by the NLM, is a free full-text archive that includes more than 6,000,000 records. PubMed records link directly to corresponding PMC results. PMC content is provided by publishers and other content owners, digitization projects, and authors directly.

Collection: 33,000,000+

Advanced Search Options: Author's first name, author's last name, identifier, corporation, date completed, date created, date entered, date modified, date published, MeSH, book, conflict of interest statement, EC/RN number, editor, filter, grant number, page number, pharmacological action, volume, publication type, publisher, secondary source ID, text, title, abstract, transliterated title

20. Semantic Scholar

A unique and easy-to-use resource, Semantic Scholar defines itself not just as a research database but also as a "search and discovery tool." Semantic Scholar harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to efficiently sort through millions of science-related papers based on your search terms.

Through this singular application of machine learning, Semantic Scholar expands search results to include topic overviews based on your search terms, with the option to create an alert for or further explore the topic. It also provides links to related topics.

In addition, search results produce "TLDR" summaries in order to provide concise overviews of articles and enhance your research by helping you to navigate quickly and easily through the available literature to find the most relevant information. According to the site, although some articles are behind paywalls, "the data [they] have for those articles is limited," so you can expect to receive mostly full-text results.

Collection: 203,379,033

Other Services: Semantic Scholar supports multiple popular browsers. Content can be accessed through both mobile and desktop versions of Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera.

Additionally, Semantic Scholar provides browser extensions for both Chrome and Firefox, so AI-powered scholarly search results are never more than a click away. The mobile interface includes an option for Semantic Swipe, a new way of interacting with your research results.

There are also beta features that can be accessed as part of the Beta Program, which will provide you with features that are being actively developed and require user feedback for further improvement.

Advanced Search Options: Field of study, date range, publication type, author, journal, conference, PDF

Zenodo, powered by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), was launched in 2013. Taking its name from Zenodotus, the first librarian of the ancient library of Alexandria, Zenodo is a tool "built and developed by researchers, to ensure that everyone can join in open science." Zenodo accepts all research from every discipline in any file format.

However, Zenodo also curates uploads and promotes peer-reviewed material that is available through OA. A DOI is assigned to everything that is uploaded to Zenodo, making research easily findable and citable. You can sort by keyword, title, journal, and more and download OA documents directly from the site.

While there are closed access and restricted access items in the database, the vast majority of research is OA material. Search results can be filtered by access type, making it easy to view the free articles available in the database.

Collection: 2,220,000+

Advanced Search Options:  Access, file type, keywords

Check out our roundup of free research databases as a handy one-page PDF.

How to find peer-reviewed articles.

There are a lot of free scholarly articles available from various sources. The internet is a big place. So how do you go about finding peer-reviewed articles when conducting your research? It's important to make sure you are using reputable sources.

The first source of the article is the person or people who wrote it. Checking out the author can give you some initial insight into how much you can trust what you’re reading. Looking into the publication information of your sources can also indicate whether the article is reliable.

Aspects of the article, such as subject and audience, tone, and format, are other things you can look at when evaluating whether the article you're using is valid, reputable, peer-reviewed material. So, let's break that down into various components so you can assess your research to ensure that you're using quality articles and conducting solid research.

Check the Author

Peer-reviewed articles are written by experts or scholars with experience in the field or discipline they're writing about. The research in a peer-reviewed article has to pass a rigorous evaluation process, so it’s a foregone conclusion that the author(s) of a peer-reviewed article should have experience or training related to that research.

When evaluating an article, take a look at the author’s information. What credentials does the author have to indicate that their research has scholarly weight behind it? Finding out what type of degree the author has—and what that degree is in—can provide insight into what kind of authority the author is on the subject.

Something else that might lend credence to the author’s scholarly role is their professional affiliation. A look at what organization or institution they are affiliated with can tell you a lot about their experience or expertise. Where were they trained, and who is verifying their research?

Identify Subject and Audience

The ultimate goal of a study is to answer a question. Scholarly articles are also written for scholarly audiences, especially articles that have gone through the peer review process. This means that the author is trying to reach experts, researchers, academics, and students in the field or topic the research is based on.

Think about the question the author is trying to answer by conducting this research, why, and for whom. What is the subject of the article? What question has it set out to answer? What is the purpose of finding the information? Is the purpose of the article of importance to other scholars? Is it original content?

Research should also be approached analytically. Is the methodology sound? Is the author using an analytical approach to evaluate the data that they have obtained? Are the conclusions they've reached substantiated by their data and analysis? Answering these questions can reveal a lot about the article’s validity.

Format Matters

Reliable articles from peer-reviewed sources have certain format elements to be aware of. The first is an abstract. An abstract is a short summary or overview of the article. Does the article have an abstract? It's unlikely that you're reading a peer-reviewed article if it doesn’t. Peer-reviewed journals will also have a word count range. If an article seems far too short or incredibly long, that may be reason to doubt it.

Another feature of reliable articles is the sections the information is divided into. Peer-reviewed research articles will have clear, concise sections that appropriately organize the information. This might include a literature review, methodology, and results in the case of research articles and a conclusion.

One of the most important sections is the references or bibliography. This is where the researcher lists all the sources of their information. A peer-reviewed source will have a comprehensive reference section.

An article that has been written to reach an academic community will have an academic tone. The language that is used, and the way this language is used, is important to consider. If the article is riddled with grammatical errors, confusing syntax, and casual language, it almost definitely didn't make it through the peer review process.

Also consider the use of terminology. Every discipline is going to have standard terminology or jargon that can be used and understood by other academics in the discipline. The language in a peer-reviewed article is going to reflect that.

If the author is going out of their way to explain simple terms, or terms that are standard to the field or discipline, it's unlikely that the article has been peer reviewed, as this is something that the author would be asked to address during the review process.

Publication

The source of the article will be a very good indicator of the likelihood that it was peer reviewed. Where was the article published? Was it published alongside other academic articles in the same discipline? Is it a legitimate and reputable scholarly publication?

A trade publication or newspaper might be legitimate or reputable, but it is not a scholarly source, and it will not have been subject to the peer review process. Scholarly journals are the best resource for peer-reviewed articles, but it's important to remember that not all scholarly journals are peer reviewed.

It’s helpful to look at a scholarly source’s website, as peer-reviewed journals will have a clear indication of the peer review process. University libraries, institutional repositories, and reliable databases (and you now might have a list of some legit ones) can also help provide insight into whether an article comes from a peer-reviewed journal.

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Common Research Mistakes to Avoid

Research is a lot of work. Even with high standards and good intentions, it’s easy to make mistakes. Perhaps you searched for access to scientific journals for free and found the perfect peer-reviewed sources, but you forgot to document everything, and your references are a mess. Or, you only searched for free online articles and missed out on a ground-breaking study that was behind a paywall.

Whether your research is for a degree or to get published or to satisfy your own inquisitive nature, or all of the above, you want all that work to produce quality results. You want your research to be thorough and accurate.

To have any hope of contributing to the literature on your research topic, your results need to be high quality. You might not be able to avoid every potential mistake, but here are some that are both common and easy to avoid.

Sticking to One Source

One of the hallmarks of good research is a healthy reference section. Using a variety of sources gives you a better answer to your question. Even if all of the literature is in agreement, looking at various aspects of the topic may provide you with an entirely different picture than you would have if you looked at your research question from only one angle.

Not Documenting Every Fact

As you conduct your research, do yourself a favor and write everything down. Everything you include in your paper or article that you got from another source is going to need to be added to your references and cited.

It's important, especially if your aim is to conduct ethical, high-quality research, that all of your research has proper attribution. If you don't document as you go, you could end up making a lot of work for yourself if the information you don’t write down is something that later, as you write your paper, you really need.

Using Outdated Materials

Academia is an ever-changing landscape. What was true in your academic discipline or area of research ten years ago may have since been disproven. If fifteen studies have come out since the article that you're using was published, it's more than a little likely that you're going to be basing your research on flawed or dated information.

If the information you're basing your research on isn’t as up-to-date as possible, your research won't be of quality or able to stand up to any amount of scrutiny. You don’t want all of your hard work to be for naught.

Relying Solely on Open Access Journals

OA is a great resource for conducting academic research. There are high-quality journal articles available through OA, and that can be very helpful for your research. But, just because you have access to free articles, that doesn't mean that there's nothing to be found behind a paywall.

Just as dismissing high-quality peer-reviewed articles because they are OA would be limiting, not exploring any paid content at all is equally short-sighted. If you're seeking to conduct thorough and comprehensive research, exploring all of your options for quality sources is going to be to your benefit.

Digging Too Deep or Not Deep Enough

Research is an art form, and it involves a delicate balance of information. If you conduct your research using only broad search terms, you won't be able to answer your research question well, or you'll find that your research provides information that is closely related to your topic but, ultimately, your findings are vague and unsubstantiated.

On the other hand, if you delve deeply into your research topic with specific searches and turn up too many sources, you might have a lot of information that is adjacent to your topic but without focus and perhaps not entirely relevant. It's important to answer your research question concisely but thoroughly.

Different Types of Scholarly Articles

Different types of scholarly articles have different purposes. An original research article, also called an empirical article, is the product of a study or an experiment. This type of article seeks to answer a question or fill a gap in the existing literature.

Research articles will have a methodology, results, and a discussion of the findings of the experiment or research and typically a conclusion.

Review articles overview the current literature and research and provide a summary of what the existing research indicates or has concluded. This type of study will have a section for the literature review, as well as a discussion of the findings of that review. Review articles will have a particularly extensive reference or bibliography section.

Theoretical articles draw on existing literature to create new theories or conclusions, or look at current theories from a different perspective, to contribute to the foundational knowledge of the field of study.

10 Tips for Navigating Journal Databases

Use the right academic journal database for your search, be that interdisciplinary or specific to your field. Or both!

If it’s an option, set the search results to return only peer-reviewed sources.

Start by using search terms that are relevant to your topic without being overly specific.

Try synonyms, especially if your keywords aren’t returning the desired results.

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Even if you’ve found some good articles, try searching using different terms.

Explore the advanced search features of the database(s).

Learn to use Booleans (AND, OR, NOT) to expand or narrow your results.

Once you’ve gotten some good results from a more general search, try narrowing your search.

Read through abstracts when trying to find articles relevant to your research.

Keep track of your research and use citation tools. It’ll make life easier when it comes time to compile your references.

7 Frequently Asked Questions

1. how do i get articles for free.

Free articles can be found through free online academic journals, OA databases, or other databases that include OA journals and articles. These resources allow you to access free papers online so you can conduct your research without getting stuck behind a paywall.

Academics don’t receive payment for the articles they contribute to journals. There are often, in fact, publication fees that scholars pay in order to publish. This is one of the funding structures that allows OA journals to provide free content so that you don’t have to pay fees or subscription costs to access journal articles.

2. How Do I Find Journal Articles?

Journal articles can be found in databases and institutional repositories that can be accessed at university libraries. However, online research databases that contain OA articles are the best resource for getting free access to journal articles that are available online.

Peer-reviewed journal articles are the best to use for academic research, and there are a number of databases where you can find peer-reviewed OA journal articles. Once you've found a useful article, you can look through the references for the articles the author used to conduct their research, and you can then search online databases for those articles, too.

3. How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?

Peer-reviewed articles can be found in reputable scholarly peer-reviewed journals. High-quality journals and journal articles can be found online using academic search engines and free research databases. These resources are excellent for finding OA articles, including peer-reviewed articles.

OA articles are articles that can be accessed for free. While some scholarly search engines and databases include articles that aren't peer reviewed, there are also some that provide only peer-reviewed articles, and databases that include non-peer-reviewed articles often have advanced search features that enable you to select “peer review only.” The database will return results that are exclusively peer-reviewed content.

4. What Are Research Databases?

A research database is a list of journals, articles, datasets, and/or abstracts that allows you to easily search for scholarly and academic resources and conduct research online. There are databases that are interdisciplinary and cover a variety of topics.

For example, Paperity might be a great resource for a chemist as well as a linguist, and there are databases that are more specific to a certain field. So, while ERIC might be one of the best educational databases available for OA content, it's not going to be one of the best databases for finding research in the field of microbiology.

5. How Do I Find Scholarly Articles for Specific Fields?

There are interdisciplinary research databases that provide articles in a variety of fields, as well as research databases that provide articles that cater to specific disciplines. Additionally, a journal repository or index can be a helpful resource for finding articles in a specific field.

When searching an interdisciplinary database, there are frequently advanced search features that allow you to narrow the search results down so that they are specific to your field. Selecting “psychology” in the advanced search features will return psychology journal articles in your search results. You can also try databases that are specific to your field.

If you're searching for law journal articles, many law reviews are OA. If you don’t know of any databases specific to history, visiting a journal repository or index and searching “history academic journals” can return a list of journals specific to history and provide you with a place to begin your research.

6. Are Peer-Reviewed Articles Really More Legitimate?

The short answer is yes, peer-reviewed articles are more legitimate resources for academic research. The peer review process provides legitimacy, as it is a rigorous review of the content of an article that is performed by scholars and academics who are experts in their field of study. The review provides an evaluation of the quality and credibility of the article.

Non-peer-reviewed articles are not subject to a review process and do not undergo the same level of scrutiny. This means that non-peer-reviewed articles are unlikely, or at least not as likely, to meet the same standards that peer-reviewed articles do.

7. Are Free Article Directories Legitimate?

Yes! As with anything, some databases are going to be better for certain requirements than others. But, a scholarly article database being free is not a reason in itself to question its legitimacy.

Free scholarly article databases can provide access to abstracts, scholarly article websites, journal repositories, and high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles. The internet has a lot of information, and it's often challenging to figure out what information is reliable. 

Research databases and article directories are great resources to help you conduct your research. Our list of the best research paper websites is sure to provide you with sources that are totally legit.

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In today’s digital world, we seem to be surrounded by news. Clickbait, anyone? Yet the pervasive and often intrusive nature of internet news articles belies the fact that many of these sites are behind a paywall, biased, or feature low-quality reporting.

Still, online articles are a great starting point for all kinds of learning assignments across the curriculum. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best free article websites for students. Many of these sites offer not only high-quality topical articles on every subject, but also ideas for lessons, such as questions, quizzes, and discussion prompts.

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CommonLit With thousands of high-quality, Common Core-aligned reading passages for grades 3-12, this easy-to-use literacy site is a rich source of English and Spanish texts and lessons. Search by theme, grade, Lexile score, genre, and even literary devices such as alliteration or foreshadowing. Texts are accompanied by teacher guides, paired texts activities, and assessments. Teachers can share lessons and track student progress with a free account. 

DOGOnews News articles featuring current events, science, social studies, world events, civics, environment, sports, weird/fun news, and more. Free access to all articles. Premium accounts offer extras such as simplified and audio versions, quizzes, and critical thinking challenges. 

CNN10 Replacing the popular CNN Student News, CNN 10 provides 10-minute video news stories on current events of international importance, explaining how the event fits into the broader news narrative. 

KiwiKids News Created by a New Zealand primary school educator, Kiwi Kids News features free articles about health, science, politics (including U.S. political topics), animals, and the Olympics. Kids will love the “Odd Stuff” articles, which focus on unusual news, from the world’s biggest potato to centenarian athletes. 

PBS NewsHour Daily News Lessons Daily articles covering current events in video format. Each lesson includes a full transcript, fact list, summary, and focus questions. 

NYT Daily Lessons/Article of the Day The New York Times Daily Lessons builds a classroom lesson around a new article each day, offering thoughtful questions for writing and discussion, as well as related ideas for further study. Perfect for practicing critical thinking and literacy skills for middle and high school students, it’s a part of the larger NYT Learning Network , which provides an abundance of activities for students and resources for teachers.

The Learning Network Current event articles, student opinion essays, movie reviews, students review contests, and more. The educator resource section offers top-notch teaching and professional development resources. 

News For Kids With the motto “Real News, Told Simply,” News for Kids strives to present the latest topics in U.S. and world news, science, sports, and the arts in a way that’s accessible to most readers. Features a coronavirus update page .

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Research programs are a great way for you to dive into a topic you’re interested in. These programs offer a unique and enriching experience that can significantly boost your college applications by showcasing your dedication to a particular subject. Admission committees highly value candidates who demonstrate a genuine commitment to their chosen field.

However, it's important to recognize that research programs are not a one-size-fits-all experience. For students who prefer hands-on, practical projects and learn better by building, creating, or experimenting, these programs may not be the best match due to their online format. Research programs typically involve a great deal of deep reading, data analysis, and critical thinking and you should ensure that this aligns with your learning styles.  To help pick the right fit for you, we have detailed 10 free online research programs designed specifically for high school students. 

1. Lumiere Research Inclusion Foundation’s Breakthrough Scholar Program

Application Deadline : There are 4 cohorts (You can apply  here!)

Fall 2023: August 27th, 2023

Winter 2023: November 26th, 2023

Spring 2024: January 14th, 2024

Summer 2024

Early Admission: February 18, 2024

Priority Admission: March 17, 2024

Regular Admission 1: April 14, 2024

Regular Admission 2: May 12, 2024

Program Dates : 12 weeks starting from when you and your mentor start the project 

Eligibility :

You must be currently enrolled in high school or plan to enroll as a freshman in college in the fall of 2024.

Students must demonstrate a high level of academic achievement. (Note. Students have an unweighted GPA of 3.3 out of 4)

No previous knowledge of your field of interest is required!

Note:  While there is no cut-off for income, past scholars have typically come from households earning less than $50,000 annually (for a typical household of 4) with minimum assets.

The Lumiere Research Inclusion Foundation is a non-profit research program for talented, low-income students. Born out of the Lumiere Research Scholar Program  (one of the largest 1-on-1 research initiatives for high school students), the foundation offers the same independent research opportunities at no cost. The Lumiere Breakthrough Scholar Program  is the equivalent of the Individual Research Scholar Program at Lumiere Education. In this flagship program, talented high school students will be paired with top Ph.D. mentors  to work 1-on-1 on an independent research project.  At the end of the 12-week program, you’ll learn about the cutting edge of your field and develop an independent research paper. You can choose topics from subjects such as psychology, physics, economics, data science, computer science, engineering, chemistry, international relations, and more.

2. SHTEM: Summer Internships for High Schoolers at Stanford University

Application Deadline:  Applications typically close in January.

Program dates:  June 17, 2024 - August 9, 2024

Eligibility:  Students who will be in grades 11-12 at the time of application, OR full-time community college students (within the first 3 years of community college), are eligible to apply.

The SHTEM: Summer Internships for High Schoolers at Stanford University is a solid, prestigious opportunity for you to virtually explore research projects during the summer. This program is designed to provide early exposure to research that goes beyond what is typically taught in school . You will be grouped into multifaceted projects that align with your interests and strengths, while simultaneously introducing you to new and unexplored areas. These projects are diverse and integrative, covering a broad spectrum of fields including the science of information and communication, engineering, arts, linguistics, psychology, biology, neuroscience, computer science, technology, philosophy, and design, among others . Mentoring is a key component of the program, with guidance provided by Stanford Compression Forum’s students, faculty, and staff, as well as its affiliated organizations.

The goals of the SHTEM program is to provide high school and community college students with early exposure to cutting-edge research in an academic setting, and help them develop essential research, analysis and writing skills. The program places a strong emphasis on the inseparability of humanities and the human element from STEM research . By integrating these aspects, the SHTEM program fosters a holistic approach to learning and research, encouraging you to explore the interconnectedness of different fields.

3. EnergyMag Research Internship

Application Deadline : Applications are open all year-round, you can apply here .

Program Dates : Flexible. Students may request lengthening an internship by a week or two because of conflicting time pressure from school.

Eligibility : Sophomores, juniors and seniors who have taken at least one honors science or honors English class, with a minimum GPA of 3.25, can apply.

Note: Students can expect a competitive selection process as this program is open to college students as well!

This internship program is perfect for students interested in renewable energy and the energy storage industry.  Offered in both half-time and quarter-time formats, these internships cater to different availability and commitment levels.   Half-time internships, ideal for a more immersive experience, are available during the summer and run from 2 to 8 weeks, requiring about 20 hours of work per week. On the other hand, quarter-time internships are offered throughout the year, ranging from 1 to 9 months, with a commitment of approximately 8 hours per week.

During the internship, you will engage in various activities focused on renewable energy and energy storage. You will conduct research on emerging technologies, analyze market trends, or contribute to articles and reports that EnergyMag publishes.  The final outcome often involves a substantial research project or a series of smaller projects. 

4. The Johns Hopkins Internship in Brain Science Program (JHIBS): Project Pipeline Baltimore

Application Deadline: March 1, every year.

Program Dates: 8 weeks, June 2024 - August 2024 (in-person); 5 weeks, July 2024 - August 2024 (virtual)

Eligibility:

Juniors and seniors from around the country are eligible to apply to the 5-week, virtual program.

Juniors and seniors residing in   Baltimore City and the metro area, who have a strong passion and interest in science and medicine, are from underrepresented groups, and have an academically strong background are eligible for the in-person program.

Note:  This program offers both   virtual and in-person options. The in-person program will be held at the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology on the East Baltimore campus.

The program also offers a stipend:  In-person participants receive an hourly stipend (amount varies), while virtual interns receive a stipend of $500.

This 5-week virtual research program is for bright high school students from underrepresented communities. The program aims to make the field of neurological sciences more inclusive and representative. During the program, students will participate in research under the guidance and mentorship of leading researchers in the field and will take part in hands-on projects, discussions, scientific seminars, weekly personal and professional development sessions, and interactions with leading neuroscientists at JHU. At the end of the program, you will present your research via an oral or poster presentation. Get an idea of past projects here !

5. NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) Internships

Application deadline: Varies from internship to internship. Spring programs typically have an August deadline, summer internships have an October deadline, and fall internships come with a January deadline.

Program dates:  These internships are offered in 3 sessions – Fall (16-week program, from late August or early September to mid-December) | Spring (16-week program, from mid-January to early May) | Summer (10-week program, from late May or early June to  August).

Eligibility: Internships are available for full-time high school students who meet a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement.

Note:  These internships are offered across NASA facilities, along with several virtual options.

The NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) provides an opportunity for high school students to participate in ongoing research at the agency through this internship program. You will have the chance to contribute to current projects at NASA, working under the guidance of experienced NASA mentors. Internships are offered in a range of subjects and disciplines, including space science, engineering, aeronautics, technology, space microbiology, ecology, and even outreach and communications. 

This program allows students to work with the best science, engineering, financial, information technology and business minds in the world. During this internship, you may be involved in designing experiments, analyzing data from space missions, or developing new technologies – engaging in real-world experiences, gaining valuable experience and insight into NASA's work. These internships also include a component on personal and professional development.

You can check out a complete list of positions here - you may have to use the “Filter” option to see opportunities only open to high school students.

6. Internships at the American Psychological Association (APA)

Application Deadline:  Rolling, see the application portal for open opportunities

Program dates:  Year-Round

Eligibility:  High school student, specific details vary based on the internship

Note:  These internships are offered both in-person (Washington, D.C.) and remotely. 

Internships at APA are intended for students passionate about applying psychological knowledge for societal benefit, with roles in policy, communications, operations research, IT and financial services. As an intern, you will have a variety of responsibilities, depending on the needs of the office you’re assigned to and your particular interests and skills. You may participate in research, writing and web-based projects, and assist staff with administrative tasks and special projects. Interns will have an opportunity to engage in different activities in their office, applying theoretical knowledge to practice and foster a better understanding of a workplace environment in professional psychology. Interns will report directly to their supervisor for daily tasks and support for overall learning objectives. Interns may also attend workshops, discussions, participate in group projects, or other various tasks.

7. MITES Semester

Application Deadline:  February 1, 2024

Program dates : Six months from June to December 

Eligibility : High school juniors; underrepresented, underserved, and first generation students are especially encouraged to apply.

The MITES Semester Program offers high school students a unique six-month, hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience  that will equip you with the foundational knowledge you need to know for future research experiences. This national program, running from June through December , combines engaging, rigorous online courses with weekly virtual webinars, including social events, workshops, and meetings, to build students' skills and confidence necessary for success . 

You will tackle two courses in science and engineering disciplines, ranging from Machine Learning to Thermodynamics and Astrophysics, and engage in one project-based course alongside a supplemental core course in areas such as Calculus, Physics, Computer Science, or Science Writing and Communication . This curriculum will prepare you for your future research pursuits and the college application process through admissions counseling and networking opportunities with STEM professionals. With live, online classes held in the evenings, this program will also allow you to balance it with other commitments. The fall schedule primarily focuses on college application support through tailored weekly webinars . 

8. Medicine Encompassed

Application Deadline : Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Program Dates : Internships with ME are offered year-round.

Eligibility : All high school students are eligible.

Medicine Encompassed is best for students interested in exploring the medical field through active participation in various committees focused on researching and developing medical education resources. In this program, you primarily take on the roles of researchers, writers, and resource creators across 18 diverse committees. 

You will be tasked with creating educational content and resources that contribute to an inclusive medical curriculum. This may involve researching medical topics, writing informative articles or guides, and developing educational materials that can be used by others to learn about various medical fields. Additionally, you can contribute to the ‘Project Cultivation’ outreach initiative, which aims to increase awareness and accessibility of medical education. The final outcome of the program typically includes a comprehensive set of educational materials that students have contributed to or created. 

9. Crowd Math

Application Deadline : November 30

Program Dates : Year long program

Eligibility : Everyone is eligible

CrowdMath is a joint program between MIT PRIMES and the Art of Problem Solving. It is a massive online collaborative year-long research project open to all high school and college students around the world. At Crowdmath, you are invited to participate in a free, year-long program that is an extraordinary opportunity for high school students to engage in advanced research . In this program, you will work on individual and group research projects, as well as participate in reading groups. The program encompasses mathematical concepts like number theory, linear algebra, etc, . 

Every year, PRIMES offers a crowdmath project where high school students from around the world can collaborate with undergrads to conduct independent research projects . For 2024, the project is on Generalizations of the Notion of Primes . 2023’s project was on Arithmetic of Power Monoids  and 2022’s program was on Factorizations in Additive Structures . These projects are a great way for students to get a sense of what college level research looks like and is especially valuable for those who want to pursue computational research in the future.

10. Building-U High School Internship

Cost : Free

Application Deadline:  Rolling deadlines, it is recommended that you apply as soon as possible.

Program Dates:  Usually 3 months from June to August. If the intern is keen, the internship can be extended!

Eligibility:  All high school students can apply.

The Building-U High School Internship is oriented around its mission to research and compile a comprehensive database of opportunities including internships, scholarships, contests, and educational programs specifically tailored for high school students. The organization is  looking for interns to assist in the administrative/business aspect of the organization. 

Once selected as an intern, you join one of their teams – these include  R&D roles, student ambassador roles, Business Development roles,  and others that you can read about   here . These teams might concentrate on areas like digital marketing, content writing, web development, or data analytics. This structure not only allows interns to employ research skills in areas that align with their interests and skills but also promotes teamwork, leadership, and project management skills. 

11. Stanford AI4ALL: Live Virtual Program

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Application Deadline : January 8, 2024

Program dates : Three weeks (late June to mid-July)

Eligibility : Rising high school sophomores (summer between freshman and sophomore year)

At Stanford AI4ALL, you'll have the opportunity to be a part of a pioneering program that focuses on increasing diversity in artificial intelligence (AI). This three-week live virtual program is designed to immerse you in the world of AI through a unique blend of lectures, hands-on research projects, and mentoring activities . You will learn about how AI can be applied to critical areas like medicine, disaster response, and combating poverty. 

During your time at Stanford AI4ALL, you'll benefit from a learning approach that allows you to explore how AI tools can be used to better the world. You'll find yourself in a supportive community of peers, connecting and learning with students from diverse backgrounds, all sharing a passion for AI . This is a chance to not just learn about AI but to engage with it actively, guided by mentorship from outstanding professionals and researchers in the field . The program emphasizes the practical application of AI, encouraging you to think about how this technology can be used to solve problems that you care about. 

One other option - Lumiere Research Scholar Program

If you are interested in building a university-level research project this summer, you could also consider applying to the Lumiere Research Scholar Program , a selective online high school program for students founded with researchers at Harvard and Oxford. Last year, we had over 4000 students apply for 500 spots in the program! You can find the application form  here.

Jessica attends Harvard University where she studies Neuroscience and Computer Science as a Coca-Cola, Elks, and Albert Shankar Scholar. She is passionate about educational equity and hopes to one day combine this with her academic interests via social entrepreneurship. Outside of academics, she enjoys taking walks, listening to music, and running her jewelry business! 

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10 Free Research and Journal Databases

10 Free Research and Journal Databases

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  • 6th April 2019

Finding good research can be tough, especially when so much of it is locked behind paywalls . But there are free resources out there if you know where to look. So to help out, we’ve compiled a list of ten free academic search engines and databases that you should check out.

1. Google Scholar

Even if you’ve not used Google Scholar before, you’ll know Google. And, thus, you can probably guess that Google Scholar is a search engine dedicated to academic work. Not everything listed on Google Scholar will be freely available in full. But it is a good place to start if you’re looking for a specific paper, and many papers can be downloaded for free.

CORE is an open research aggregator. This means it works as a search engine for open access research published by organizations from around the world, all of which is available for free. It is also the world’s largest open access aggregator , so it is a very useful resource for researchers!

Core logo.

3. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)

Another dedicated academic search engine, BASE offers access to more than 140 million documents from more than 6,000 sources. Around 60% of these documents are open access, and you can filter results to see only research that is available for free online.

4. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a database that lists around 12,000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, and the humanities.

PubMed is a search engine maintained by the NCBI, part of the United States National Library of Medicine. It provides access to more than 29 million citations of biomedical research from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. The NCBI runs a similar search engine for research in the chemical sciences called PubChem , too, which is also free to use.

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6. E-Theses Online Service (EThOS)

Run by the British Library, EThOS is a database of over 500,000 doctoral theses. More than half of these are available for free, either directly via EThOS or via a link to a university website.

7. Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

SSRN is a database for research from the social sciences and humanities, including 846,589 research papers from 426,107 researchers across 30 disciplines. Most of these are available for free, although you may need to sign up as a member (also free) to access some services.

8. WorldWideScience

WorldWideScience is a global academic search engine, providing access to national and international scientific databases from across the globe. One interesting feature is that it offers automatic translation, so users can have search results translated into their preferred language.

WorldWideScience logo.

9. Semantic Scholar

Semantic Scholar is an “intelligent” academic search engine. It uses machine learning to prioritize the most important research, which can make it easier to find relevant literature. Or, in Semantic Scholar’s own words, it uses influential citations, images, and key phrases to “cut through the clutter.”

10. Public Library of Science (PLOS)

PLOS is an open-access research organization that publishes several journals. But as well as publishing its own research, PLOS is a dedicated advocate for open-access learning. So if you appreciate the search engines and databases we’ve listed here, check out the rest of the PLOS site to find out more about their campaign to enable access to knowledge.

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1. Google Scholar

4. science.gov, 5. semantic scholar, 6. baidu scholar, frequently asked questions about academic search engines, related articles.

Academic search engines have become the number one resource to turn to in order to find research papers and other scholarly sources. While classic academic databases like Web of Science and Scopus are locked behind paywalls, Google Scholar and others can be accessed free of charge. In order to help you get your research done fast, we have compiled the top list of free academic search engines.

Google Scholar is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. It's the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents. It not only lets you find research papers for all academic disciplines for free but also often provides links to full-text PDF files.

  • Coverage: approx. 200 million articles
  • Abstracts: only a snippet of the abstract is available
  • Related articles: ✔
  • References: ✔
  • Cited by: ✔
  • Links to full text: ✔
  • Export formats: APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver, RIS, BibTeX

Search interface of Google Scholar

BASE is hosted at Bielefeld University in Germany. That is also where its name stems from (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine).

  • Coverage: approx. 136 million articles (contains duplicates)
  • Abstracts: ✔
  • Related articles: ✘
  • References: ✘
  • Cited by: ✘
  • Export formats: RIS, BibTeX

Search interface of Bielefeld Academic Search Engine aka BASE

CORE is an academic search engine dedicated to open-access research papers. For each search result, a link to the full-text PDF or full-text web page is provided.

  • Coverage: approx. 136 million articles
  • Links to full text: ✔ (all articles in CORE are open access)
  • Export formats: BibTeX

Search interface of the CORE academic search engine

Science.gov is a fantastic resource as it bundles and offers free access to search results from more than 15 U.S. federal agencies. There is no need anymore to query all those resources separately!

  • Coverage: approx. 200 million articles and reports
  • Links to full text: ✔ (available for some databases)
  • Export formats: APA, MLA, RIS, BibTeX (available for some databases)

Search interface of Science.gov

Semantic Scholar is the new kid on the block. Its mission is to provide more relevant and impactful search results using AI-powered algorithms that find hidden connections and links between research topics.

  • Coverage: approx. 40 million articles
  • Export formats: APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

Search interface of Semantic Scholar

Although Baidu Scholar's interface is in Chinese, its index contains research papers in English as well as Chinese.

  • Coverage: no detailed statistics available, approx. 100 million articles
  • Abstracts: only snippets of the abstract are available
  • Export formats: APA, MLA, RIS, BibTeX

Search interface of Baidu Scholar

RefSeek searches more than one billion documents from academic and organizational websites. Its clean interface makes it especially easy to use for students and new researchers.

  • Coverage: no detailed statistics available, approx. 1 billion documents
  • Abstracts: only snippets of the article are available
  • Export formats: not available

Search interface of RefSeek

Google Scholar is an academic search engine, and it is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. It's the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents. It not only let's you find research papers for all academic disciplines for free, but also often provides links to full text PDF file.

Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature developed at the Allen Institute for AI. Sematic Scholar was publicly released in 2015 and uses advances in natural language processing to provide summaries for scholarly papers.

BASE , as its name suggest is an academic search engine. It is hosted at Bielefeld University in Germany and that's where it name stems from (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine).

CORE is an academic search engine dedicated to open access research papers. For each search result a link to the full text PDF or full text web page is provided.

Science.gov is a fantastic resource as it bundles and offers free access to search results from more than 15 U.S. federal agencies. There is no need any more to query all those resources separately!

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What is the connection between the number of trees in a neighbourhood and the ground surface temperature? Are incidences of cancer [...]

Controlling machines from afar

Controlling machines from afar

Industrial machines are at the heart of today’s economy and society, but training people to use them is a challenge. It is not possible [...]

Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US, accounting for around one in every five deaths. However, some groups in [...]

Could a nettle a day keep the doctor away?

Could a nettle a day keep the doctor away?

Nettles are known for their sting, but research by Dr Diana Obanda at the University of Maryland in the US suggests that eating [...]

What do we know about the ovary?

What do we know about the ovary?

Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths amongst women, with a woman’s risk of getting it during her lifetime being about [...]

How can community engagement projects empower STEM students?

How can community engagement projects empower STEM students?

In cities around the world, air pollution poses a major risk both to the environment and to human health. This has severe consequences [...]

Bias, assumptions and emotions: why we think what we think

Bias, assumptions and emotions: why we think what we think

While highly efficient, the way we process information to make decisions is far from perfect. Finding out how this process works – and [...]

The mathematics behind medicine

The mathematics behind medicine

Medicine is advancing daily, as increasingly specialised treatments and techniques are continuously developed. Biostatisticians, such [...]

How are streaming services affecting the way we consume media?

How are streaming services affecting the way we consume media?

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) platforms, such as Netflix, have grown to become a core way that we watch films [...]

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex [...]

Are you ready for the robot revolution?

Are you ready for the robot revolution?

Transportation is about to go electric and drive itself, meaning every car technician will need to understand how artificial intelligence [...]

Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

Despite public perceptions, mining is set to play a vital role in the planet’s transition to a sustainable future. Many low-carbon technologies [...]

Creating the world’s largest 3D-printed structure

Creating the world’s largest 3D-printed structure

Dr R. Byron Pipes, of the Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Centre at Purdue University in the US, forms part of a team that [...]

How to build a game-changing malaria vaccine

How to build a game-changing malaria vaccine

For millennia, malaria has plagued human civilization, killing billions over the course of history. Finding ways to combat this complex [...]

How can we measure gases dissolved in seawater?

How can we measure gases dissolved in seawater?

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. The ocean is a significant source of [...]

Understanding the atmosphere: What can atmospheric chemistry teach us about air pollution?

Understanding the atmosphere: What can atmospheric chemistry teach us about air pollution?

Chemical reactions taking place in the atmosphere have a huge impact on our lives. Chemicals released from the burning of fossil fuels create [...]

A meal with the devil: how the eating habits of Tasmanian devils affect their ecosystems

A meal with the devil: how the eating habits of Tasmanian devils affect their ecosystems

In a healthy ecosystem, each microbe, plant and animal has its own important role to play. They may not be the most glamorous [...]

The human story behind human genome sequencing

The human story behind human genome sequencing

In 2008, Professor James Lupski, from Baylor College of Medicine, USA, contributed to the scientific work behind the first human whole [...]

The fastest electric motor ever is another step towards a sustainable future

The fastest electric motor ever is another step towards a sustainable future

Professor Rukmi Dutta and her team at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have developed a new electric motor that runs [...]

Can gardening help children grow?

Can gardening help children grow?

Founded by Professor Sallie Marston and led by former school counsellor Moses Thompson, the University of Arizona’s School Garden [...]

How and why do governments forget?

How and why do governments forget?

We all tell stories about past events, and people working in government departments are no exception. These stories cause [...]

What can fruit flies tell us about virtual reality exercise?

What can fruit flies tell us about virtual reality exercise?

Fruit flies can be ‘tricked’ into getting fit without exercising. This discovery by Dr Robert J. Wessells at Wayne State University, in the US [...]

Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

Climate change is making many parts of the world hotter and drier. As a result, wildfires are becoming increasingly prevalent and [...]

How will climate change affect forests?

How will climate change affect forests?

As the Earth’s climate continues to heat up, forests will have to adapt. Associate Professor Craig Nitschke of the University of Melbourne [...]

Investigating the root of inflammatory diseases

Investigating the root of inflammatory diseases

Inflammation is an essential part of our immune system, but when it goes wrong, it can lead to serious diseases such as lupus [...]

On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

The 21st century has seen a boom in biomedical advances, aided by increased recognition of the importance of working across [...]

How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how [...]

How can marine invertebrates help prevent organ transplant rejection?

How can marine invertebrates help prevent organ transplant rejection?

A major challenge surrounding organ transplants is the body’s recognition of the new organ as ‘other’, which often leads to a dramatic [...]

A superpowered model of the whole universe

A superpowered model of the whole universe

The mysterious substance of dark matter and the enigmatic force of dark energy may hold the key to how the Universe formed. But [...]

Decades of research has improved our understanding of the cognitive processes that occur when people read. However, there is […]

Decades of research has improved our understanding of the cognitive processes that occur when people read. However, there is […]

Can mathematics keep our food safe to eat?

Can mathematics keep our food safe to eat?

Keeping germs out of our food is a constant battle, but mathematical modelling can help us trace contamination and stop the spread [...]

How can we make stem subjects more engaging for students?

How can we make stem subjects more engaging for students?

At Point Park University in Pittsburgh in the US, education researchers Dr Ginny Chambers, Dr Kamryn York and Dr Mark Marnich are helping [...]

Taking fiction from broadsheet to broadband

Taking fiction from broadsheet to broadband

Professor Katherine Bode at the Australian National University in Australia is rediscovering – and shaping – literary history by curating fiction [...]

Why do post-election protests occur?

Why do post-election protests occur?

Democratic elections have played a crucial role in making societies fairer and more equal. However, what happens when you live in a country [...]

What skills do you need to succeed in school?

What skills do you need to succeed in school?

Your academic identity plays a key role in your education. Students with low self-confidence in their abilities are more likely to struggle [...]

Can tiny fossils disrupt global communications?

Can tiny fossils disrupt global communications?

Microfossils are often smaller than a grain of sand, yet when they accumulate on the seafloor, they can have significant impacts on [...]

How can people train their brains to manage depression?

How can people train their brains to manage depression?

Major Depressive Disorder, also known as clinical depression, is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is estimated to affect 5% of the [...]

Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

A mysterious group of fossils called the Elgin Reptiles has been puzzling scientists for centuries. Existing only as cavities hidden within rocks [...]

Can quantum physics make the internet more secure?

Can quantum physics make the internet more secure?

Associate Professor Jacquiline (Jacq) Romero, a quantum physicist at the University of Queensland in Australia, is conducting experiments [...]

Why do males and females have different risks of disease?

Why do males and females have different risks of disease?

While males are more likely to develop cancer than females, most autoimmune diseases are more prevalent in females. For [...]

Experts from the International Data Group have predicted that by 2025, every person who is connected to the internet will engage with […]

Experts from the International Data Group have predicted that by 2025, every person who is connected to the internet will engage with […]

Pathogen-busting nanosurfaces inspired by insect wings

Pathogen-busting nanosurfaces inspired by insect wings

Keeping surfaces clean is more complex than you might expect. Pathogens can adhere to and multiply on almost any surface [...]

Professor David Thornalley from University College London, in the UK, has been using data from ocean floor mud to understand how the […]

Professor David Thornalley from University College London, in the UK, has been using data from ocean floor mud to understand how the […]

How can wing design improve aircraft flight?

How can wing design improve aircraft flight?

Aviation technology has come a long way since the Wright brothers made the first successful motor-powered flight in 1903. Today [...]

How is mathematics applied to real world problems?

How is mathematics applied to real world problems?

Mathematics is essential to our way of life. It is used all around us, from weather forecasting, engineering and finance to modelling how [...]

A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

Fieldwork has long been a mainstay of geology education, but it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Not all students want to participate in [...]

Dr Natalie Shenker is the co-founder of the Hearts Milk Bank – a UK-based charity that provides donor human milk to vulnerable babies who […]

Dr Natalie Shenker is the co-founder of the Hearts Milk Bank – a UK-based charity that provides donor human milk to vulnerable babies who […]

Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) link the brain directly to external computers, allowing users to do something just by thinking [...]

Reducing the challenges of childbirth in Myanmar

Reducing the challenges of childbirth in Myanmar

In Myanmar, one in every 500 women is likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth. The Birth Across The Borders project is determined [...]

Animals in pain – who feels what?

Animals in pain – who feels what?

At The University of Queensland in Australia, Professor Deborah Brown and Professor Brian Key have created a unique team of philosophers [...]

Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

The Understanding Society study, run by the University of Essex in the UK, has been interviewing residents in around 40,000 UK [...]

Beneath the Earth’s crust lies the mysterious mantle, and beneath that, the core. Although these layers form 99% of Earth’s volume […]

Beneath the Earth’s crust lies the mysterious mantle, and beneath that, the core. Although these layers form 99% of Earth’s volume […]

Building and training human tendons in the lab

Building and training human tendons in the lab

Tendon issues affect millions of people worldwide, and treatment options are far from guaranteed to be effective. Tissue engineering [...]

The UK has some of the highest childcare costs in the world. For many families, this means it is more economical for one parent to give up […]

The UK has some of the highest childcare costs in the world. For many families, this means it is more economical for one parent to give up […]

How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

Globally, less than 60% of the water diverted into irrigation networks is used productively. This inefficiency is partly due to outdated [...]

Controlling and engineering systems for the benefit of all

Controlling and engineering systems for the benefit of all

Professor Zi-Qiang Lang is an automatic control and systems engineer based at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Three of his former [...]

Social music programmes around the world are encouraging communities to sing and play their way from conflict to peace. The Arts of […]

Social music programmes around the world are encouraging communities to sing and play their way from conflict to peace. The Arts of […]

Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests

Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests

Dr Sophie Fauset, from the University of Plymouth in the UK, and Dr Shalom D. Addo-Danso, of the CSIR-Forestry Research [...]

Dr Kristin Y. Rozier is a temporal logician based within the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University in the US. Her […]

Dr Kristin Y. Rozier is a temporal logician based within the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University in the US. Her […]

How can scientists improve the well-being of patients with lupus?

How can scientists improve the well-being of patients with lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease without a cure. But, thanks to discoveries by Professor George C. Tsokos, a [...]

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

From microscopic plankton to individual atoms, the subjects of many scientific studies need special devices to be seen. Scientific [...]

Worldwide, the majority of amputees do not have access to a useful prosthesis. This is especially true in lower and middle income […]

Worldwide, the majority of amputees do not have access to a useful prosthesis. This is especially true in lower and middle income […]

Creating software that works for everyone

Creating software that works for everyone

From monitoring our health to finding a parking spot, there are now apps to help with every task in life. However, as we become ever-more [...]

What can the history of women’s suffrage teach us about women in politics today?

What can the history of women’s suffrage teach us about women in politics today?

Although women’s suffrage has come a long way since 1893, when women in New Zealand were the first in the world to gain the right to [...]

Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

We know that black holes exist through a mix of complex mathematics and astrophysics but linking mathematical ideas to what we can observe in [...]

Professor Richard Harper, based at Lancaster University in the UK, is the principal investigator of a project called the Future Places Centre. This […]

Professor Richard Harper, based at Lancaster University in the UK, is the principal investigator of a project called the Future Places Centre. This […]

Enzymes are the catalysts of life. They accelerate chemical reactions inside cells to incredible speeds. Enzymes are so extraordinary that we […]

Enzymes are the catalysts of life. They accelerate chemical reactions inside cells to incredible speeds. Enzymes are so extraordinary that we […]

Professor Jennifer Franck leads a team of mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, who are working on […]

Professor Jennifer Franck leads a team of mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, who are working on […]

Can we control the electrical activity in our brains?

Can we control the electrical activity in our brains?

Neuroscientists aim to understand how our brains work and what happens when they are not functioning properly. At the University of Oxford [...]

In the UK, traumatic injury is the leading cause of death for people aged under 44. Understanding more about how the body reacts to […]

In the UK, traumatic injury is the leading cause of death for people aged under 44. Understanding more about how the body reacts to […]

Dr Guilherme Oliveira, based at the Vale Institute of Technology in Brazil, leads a team working with Amazonian biodiversity. Together, they […]

Dr Guilherme Oliveira, based at the Vale Institute of Technology in Brazil, leads a team working with Amazonian biodiversity. Together, they […]

More than 3 million people live with glaucoma in the United States, an eye disease that is the world’s second leading cause of blindness […]

More than 3 million people live with glaucoma in the United States, an eye disease that is the world’s second leading cause of blindness […]

Online battles: combatting false information and reducing online risks

Online battles: combatting false information and reducing online risks

These days, we are all online, but it is difficult to have a full understanding of the risks this entails. Professor Shujun Li and [...]

Even if we do not often think about it, we all know how to construct sentences in our native language, and these structures may affect […]

Even if we do not often think about it, we all know how to construct sentences in our native language, and these structures may affect […]

How do plants protect themselves from diseases?

How do plants protect themselves from diseases?

It is estimated that plant diseases cost the global economy roughly $220 billion each year. Understanding how plants fight pathogens is [...]

Professor Lisa Green, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US, leads research investigating the variation and […]

Professor Lisa Green, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US, leads research investigating the variation and […]

Dr Sangeeta Chattoo, from the University of York, in the UK, is on a quest to better understand one of the complex global health […]

Dr Sangeeta Chattoo, from the University of York, in the UK, is on a quest to better understand one of the complex global health […]

Dr Jan Herbst and Dr Mark Mynett, based at the University of Huddersfield, are collaborating on a project that is investigating heaviness […]

Dr Jan Herbst and Dr Mark Mynett, based at the University of Huddersfield, are collaborating on a project that is investigating heaviness […]

Empowering girls, inspiring engineers

Empowering girls, inspiring engineers

Decades of gender stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice have resulted in an engineering work force that is largely made […]

Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the […]

Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the […]

Dr Babette Hoogakker, based at Heriot-Watt University in the UK, leads the FARGO project, which studies past dissolved oxygen […]

Dr Babette Hoogakker, based at Heriot-Watt University in the UK, leads the FARGO project, which studies past dissolved oxygen […]

Everything is made of atoms, which are comprised of electrons orbiting a nucleus. Understanding the nucleus and its substructure […]

Everything is made of atoms, which are comprised of electrons orbiting a nucleus. Understanding the nucleus and its substructure […]

Professor Tuck Seng Wong, based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, leads a team focused on applying the concept of Darwinian […]

Professor Tuck Seng Wong, based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, leads a team focused on applying the concept of Darwinian […]

Understanding prehistoric climates is key to understanding how our climate might change in the future and Antarctic ice cores […]

Understanding prehistoric climates is key to understanding how our climate might change in the future and Antarctic ice cores […]

Making things is a very human trait, and one that has been crucial in building the world around us. Materials Science and Engineering […]

Making things is a very human trait, and one that has been crucial in building the world around us. Materials Science and Engineering […]

Within every one of us, there lives a thriving community of microscopic life, known as our microbiome. Like most other vertebrates, we […]

Within every one of us, there lives a thriving community of microscopic life, known as our microbiome. Like most other vertebrates, we […]

Professor Brian Seymour of Edward Waters University, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, studies the immune system’s […]

Professor Brian Seymour of Edward Waters University, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, studies the immune system’s […]

Dr Akhshay Bhadwal, an experimental physicist, and Dr Joseph Cousins, a mathematician, have teamed up to […]

Dr Akhshay Bhadwal, an experimental physicist, and Dr Joseph Cousins, a mathematician, have teamed up to […]

Love them or hate them, chatbots are having an increasing role in the technological space, now that artificial intelligence has […]

Love them or hate them, chatbots are having an increasing role in the technological space, now that artificial intelligence has […]

From their base in the US, these three scientists work on the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, and Indigenous star knowledge […]

From their base in the US, these three scientists work on the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, and Indigenous star knowledge […]

Beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, there is a vast area of the Universe that we will likely never completely […]

Beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, there is a vast area of the Universe that we will likely never completely […]

Dr Yu Chen, based at Binghamton University in the US, is developing a means of understanding and detecting deepfakes in online video […]

Dr Yu Chen, based at Binghamton University in the US, is developing a means of understanding and detecting deepfakes in online video […]

For centuries, many humans have treated nature as a commodity, purging forests of trees and the oceans of fish. As a result, biodiversity […]

For centuries, many humans have treated nature as a commodity, purging forests of trees and the oceans of fish. As a result, biodiversity […]

When you cook something in the oven at home, what kind of temperature do you set the dial to? Imagine what would happen if you could […]

When you cook something in the oven at home, what kind of temperature do you set the dial to? Imagine what would happen if you could […]

The human brain is one of the most intricate systems in nature. Recreating its behaviour using computer programs is no easy task, but […]

The human brain is one of the most intricate systems in nature. Recreating its behaviour using computer programs is no easy task, but […]

In recent years, global supply chains have faced disruptions from numerous causes, from a single ship blocking the Suez Canal to the […]

In recent years, global supply chains have faced disruptions from numerous causes, from a single ship blocking the Suez Canal to the […]

As techniques improve, archaeology is becoming an ever-more sophisticated process. Though shovels remain useful, dig sites […]

As techniques improve, archaeology is becoming an ever-more sophisticated process. Though shovels remain useful, dig sites […]

Funding agencies allocate money to scientific research projects with aims that could benefit society. But how do we know what the full […]

Funding agencies allocate money to scientific research projects with aims that could benefit society. But how do we know what the full […]

Our modern lifestyles depend on the material objects around us remaining strong and free from damage. Protective paints and coatings are […]

Our modern lifestyles depend on the material objects around us remaining strong and free from damage. Protective paints and coatings are […]

Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. Dr Davis Chacon-Hurtado, a Peruvian engineer […]

Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. Dr Davis Chacon-Hurtado, a Peruvian engineer […]

Until recently, self-driving cars and robotic housekeepers were the stuff of sci-fi movies. However, in the last decade, the capabilities of […]

Until recently, self-driving cars and robotic housekeepers were the stuff of sci-fi movies. However, in the last decade, the capabilities of […]

When young black men and boys are accused of crimes, rap music is often presented as evidence. This is a practice that an international network […]

When young black men and boys are accused of crimes, rap music is often presented as evidence. This is a practice that an international network […]

It is difficult for us as individuals to feel that we can do anything about global challenges – such as climate change, pandemics, antibiotic […]

It is difficult for us as individuals to feel that we can do anything about global challenges – such as climate change, pandemics, antibiotic […]

Electronics are entering a new phase. At the University of Surrey in the UK, Dr Radu Sporea is leading a team investigating how to ‘print’ […]

Electronics are entering a new phase. At the University of Surrey in the UK, Dr Radu Sporea is leading a team investigating how to ‘print’ […]

Dr James Seddon is a clinician scientist, working both as a medical doctor at St Mary’s Hospital and as a researcher at Imperial College […]

Dr James Seddon is a clinician scientist, working both as a medical doctor at St Mary’s Hospital and as a researcher at Imperial College […]

While we might think of electronic music as a new style that has emerged in recent decades, its roots can be traced back much further […]

While we might think of electronic music as a new style that has emerged in recent decades, its roots can be traced back much further […]

For millennia, humans have looked upon volcanoes with a sense of awe and terror. Nowadays, we have a much deeper understanding of […]

For millennia, humans have looked upon volcanoes with a sense of awe and terror. Nowadays, we have a much deeper understanding of […]

Storms or hurricanes can damage buildings in a single incident. New engineering efforts at the Iowa State and Kansas State Universities […]

Storms or hurricanes can damage buildings in a single incident. New engineering efforts at the Iowa State and Kansas State Universities […]

Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection is one of the most important and ground-breaking scientific concepts ever constructed. Even […]

Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection is one of the most important and ground-breaking scientific concepts ever constructed. Even […]

Farmers often use fungicides to protect their crops from fungal diseases. However, there are worries that these fungicides can damage […]

Farmers often use fungicides to protect their crops from fungal diseases. However, there are worries that these fungicides can damage […]

The mortality rate of the 1918 influenza pandemic was several times higher than for COVID-19. At the University of Missouri, USA […]

The mortality rate of the 1918 influenza pandemic was several times higher than for COVID-19. At the University of Missouri, USA […]

Dr Vincent Prevot is a neuroendocrinologist based at the Inserm in Lille, France. He collaborates with Professor Markus Schwaninger and […]

Dr Vincent Prevot is a neuroendocrinologist based at the Inserm in Lille, France. He collaborates with Professor Markus Schwaninger and […]

Professor Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, has been leading a modern languages research programme […]

Professor Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, has been leading a modern languages research programme […]

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe lung injury that results from multiple different causes including pneumonia, COVID […]

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe lung injury that results from multiple different causes including pneumonia, COVID […]

Professor Joshua Robinson is a materials scientist and engineer based at The Pennsylvania State University in the US. His research focuses […]

Professor Joshua Robinson is a materials scientist and engineer based at The Pennsylvania State University in the US. His research focuses […]

A team of researchers with expertise in physics, engineering and biology are finding out whether trace metals in the brain are linked to […]

A team of researchers with expertise in physics, engineering and biology are finding out whether trace metals in the brain are linked to […]

First discovered in the 1920s, antibiotics have revolutionised the way we treat infectious disease. However, the discovery of new antibiotics […]

First discovered in the 1920s, antibiotics have revolutionised the way we treat infectious disease. However, the discovery of new antibiotics […]

Dr Jan Mol is an expert in quantum & nanoelectronics at the Queen Mary University of London, in the UK. He is trying to understand how […]

Dr Jan Mol is an expert in quantum & nanoelectronics at the Queen Mary University of London, in the UK. He is trying to understand how […]

Plants are integral to society, but there are still big knowledge gaps about how they work at the molecular and cellular levels. To address this […]

Plants are integral to society, but there are still big knowledge gaps about how they work at the molecular and cellular levels. To address this […]

Many disease outbreaks, including Covid-19, are caused by viruses that have jumped from animals to humans. At the Pirbright Institute in […]

Many disease outbreaks, including Covid-19, are caused by viruses that have jumped from animals to humans. At the Pirbright Institute in […]

Whether it is a traffic sign, clothing brand or TikTok, somebody somewhere has made a decision about which font to use to communicate a […]

Whether it is a traffic sign, clothing brand or TikTok, somebody somewhere has made a decision about which font to use to communicate a […]

Professor Corinna Martarelli, based at Unidistance Suisse in Switzerland, is the principal investigator of a project that seeks to determine […]

Professor Corinna Martarelli, based at Unidistance Suisse in Switzerland, is the principal investigator of a project that seeks to determine […]

Sarah Overton and Joël Reland form part of UK in a Changing Europe, a research organisation based at King’s College London, UK, which […]

Sarah Overton and Joël Reland form part of UK in a Changing Europe, a research organisation based at King’s College London, UK, which […]

Much of the evidence of past human activities has perished over time – which is why the work of Dr Lisa Maher, at the University of California […]

Much of the evidence of past human activities has perished over time – which is why the work of Dr Lisa Maher, at the University of California […]

Humans depend on plants for their survival. Plants provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, but much of their functioning […]

Humans depend on plants for their survival. Plants provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, but much of their functioning […]

Land degradation causes soils to become less fertile, resulting in lower productivity in agricultural regions and decreased biodiversity […]

Land degradation causes soils to become less fertile, resulting in lower productivity in agricultural regions and decreased biodiversity […]

Dr Anamika Dubey is an assistant professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University […]

Dr Anamika Dubey is an assistant professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University […]

Science and technology suffer from underrepresentation of many social groups, which affects the quality and societal impact of new […]

Science and technology suffer from underrepresentation of many social groups, which affects the quality and societal impact of new […]

The UK’s exit from the European Union created a new border, not only to people and goods, but to finance. Professor Sarah Hall, an […]

The UK’s exit from the European Union created a new border, not only to people and goods, but to finance. Professor Sarah Hall, an […]

The X-ray Materials Science (XMaS) project uses a synchrotron facility, a massive doughnut-shaped structure that accelerates electrons […]

The X-ray Materials Science (XMaS) project uses a synchrotron facility, a massive doughnut-shaped structure that accelerates electrons […]

As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology, we need increasingly sophisticated ways of managing data and […]

As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology, we need increasingly sophisticated ways of managing data and […]

252 million years ago, over 90% of all species on Earth were wiped out. Led by Professor Paul Wignall at the University of Leeds in the UK […]

252 million years ago, over 90% of all species on Earth were wiped out. Led by Professor Paul Wignall at the University of Leeds in the UK […]

Many of us put a lot of our personal lives online, but this can come at risk to our online security. Dr Jason Hong and Dr Laura Dabbish, of […]

Many of us put a lot of our personal lives online, but this can come at risk to our online security. Dr Jason Hong and Dr Laura Dabbish, of […]

The future of the earth’s sea levels due to climate change is incredibly difficult to predict. Dr Ed Gasson, at the University of Exeter, and […]

The future of the earth’s sea levels due to climate change is incredibly difficult to predict. Dr Ed Gasson, at the University of Exeter, and […]

Faith shapes the way societies respond to crises such as a global pandemic. Dr Emma Wild-Wood, from The University of Edinburgh […]

Faith shapes the way societies respond to crises such as a global pandemic. Dr Emma Wild-Wood, from The University of Edinburgh […]

In the Tan Lab at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, USA, Dr Dongyan Tan is leading a team of early career scientists who are […]

In the Tan Lab at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, USA, Dr Dongyan Tan is leading a team of early career scientists who are […]

Dr Elsa Lee is a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the UK, who is studying the link between participation in waterway regeneration […]

Dr Elsa Lee is a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the UK, who is studying the link between participation in waterway regeneration […]

Tropical diseases are a significant source of deaths across Latin America, but, until recently, there has been little interest in developing […]

Tropical diseases are a significant source of deaths across Latin America, but, until recently, there has been little interest in developing […]

Professor Amber D’Souza, based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, is working to develop improved means […]

Professor Amber D’Souza, based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, is working to develop improved means […]

Dr Theodore (Ted) Allen is a mathematician and computer scientist based at the Ohio State University in the USA. He is developing a […]

Dr Theodore (Ted) Allen is a mathematician and computer scientist based at the Ohio State University in the USA. He is developing a […]

Dr Xiao Yu, based at the University of Florida in the US, is the principal investigator of a project that seeks to model the flow of water […]

Dr Xiao Yu, based at the University of Florida in the US, is the principal investigator of a project that seeks to model the flow of water […]

Before a new treatment can be given to patients, it must first undergo medical trials, to ensure it is safe and effective. Dr Howard Thom is […]

Before a new treatment can be given to patients, it must first undergo medical trials, to ensure it is safe and effective. Dr Howard Thom is […]

As cities grow, what happens to individual neighbourhoods within them? This is what the Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning […]

As cities grow, what happens to individual neighbourhoods within them? This is what the Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning […]

Nalini Nadkarni, a professor at the University of Utah in the US, has made amazing discoveries in the tops of trees, but now her focus is on […]

Nalini Nadkarni, a professor at the University of Utah in the US, has made amazing discoveries in the tops of trees, but now her focus is on […]

Based at Temple University in the US, Professor Parsaoran Hutapea and his mechanical engineering research team have taken inspiration […]

Based at Temple University in the US, Professor Parsaoran Hutapea and his mechanical engineering research team have taken inspiration […]

Our beliefs about the past help define who we are and how we live in the present. Dr Sarah Kurnick, assistant Professor of Anthropology […]

Our beliefs about the past help define who we are and how we live in the present. Dr Sarah Kurnick, assistant Professor of Anthropology […]

How do people learn new languages? How can language be studied scientifically? How is scientific research conducted? At The Ohio State […]

How do people learn new languages? How can language be studied scientifically? How is scientific research conducted? At The Ohio State […]

You have probably heard of Silicon Valley in California, home of tech inventions and all things electronics. But at the University of Warwick […]

You have probably heard of Silicon Valley in California, home of tech inventions and all things electronics. But at the University of Warwick […]

Dr Dominic Mcsherry, a developmental psychologist at Ulster Uuniversity, is working on a ground-breaking, longitudinal study across […]

Dr Dominic Mcsherry, a developmental psychologist at Ulster Uuniversity, is working on a ground-breaking, longitudinal study across […]

Professor Peter Clift, a sedimentary geologist at Louisiana State University in the USA, is investigating not only how the Himalayas have […]

Professor Peter Clift, a sedimentary geologist at Louisiana State University in the USA, is investigating not only how the Himalayas have […]

Dr Caroline Henaghan, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, is taking a socio-legal and interdisciplinary approach to the […]

Dr Caroline Henaghan, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, is taking a socio-legal and interdisciplinary approach to the […]

As astronomers look deeper into space, they require better instruments to do so. A joint team of scientists and engineers at Cardiff […]

As astronomers look deeper into space, they require better instruments to do so. A joint team of scientists and engineers at Cardiff […]

Professor Alexei Lapkin, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, is a chemical engineer using robotics and artificial intelligence to […]

Professor Alexei Lapkin, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, is a chemical engineer using robotics and artificial intelligence to […]

Computational thinking describes the way we break down problems or draw conclusions from observations. We use it in everyday […]

Computational thinking describes the way we break down problems or draw conclusions from observations. We use it in everyday […]

Artificial intelligence has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years and has become an increasingly integrated part of our lives. However […]

Artificial intelligence has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years and has become an increasingly integrated part of our lives. However […]

Gene sequencing is an incredibly useful tool for reading the vast amounts of information DNA contains. With a cutting-edge technique […]

Gene sequencing is an incredibly useful tool for reading the vast amounts of information DNA contains. With a cutting-edge technique […]

Though migration is in the news almost daily, most people do not migrate, even if they have the opportunity and means to do so. Why […]

Though migration is in the news almost daily, most people do not migrate, even if they have the opportunity and means to do so. Why […]

Computers have revolutionised the planet in many ways. Plant science is one of the fields to have benefitted from recent advances in […]

Computers have revolutionised the planet in many ways. Plant science is one of the fields to have benefitted from recent advances in […]

Professor Andrew Nunn is an epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London in the UK […]

Professor Andrew Nunn is an epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London in the UK […]

Drones are used increasingly by amateur photographers, which is why Dr Elisa Serafinelli and Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan, at the University of […]

Drones are used increasingly by amateur photographers, which is why Dr Elisa Serafinelli and Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan, at the University of […]

Grow plants, burn them for energy, then bury the carbon deep underground. This is the principle behind biomass energy with carbon […]

Grow plants, burn them for energy, then bury the carbon deep underground. This is the principle behind biomass energy with carbon […]

Odile Huchette, from the NC A&T State University in Greensboro, USA, has developed the Urban Food Platform, a thriving educational […]

Odile Huchette, from the NC A&T State University in Greensboro, USA, has developed the Urban Food Platform, a thriving educational […]

Unethical working conditions are a major issue in many parts of the world, and workers are often exploited by retailers in wealthier […]

Unethical working conditions are a major issue in many parts of the world, and workers are often exploited by retailers in wealthier […]

The STEAM Team Academy, the hugely successful brainchild of Dr Odesma Dalrymple, Dr Joi Spencer and Dr Perla Myers of the University […]

The STEAM Team Academy, the hugely successful brainchild of Dr Odesma Dalrymple, Dr Joi Spencer and Dr Perla Myers of the University […]

Climate scientists widely agree that measures to reduce and capture our greenhouse gas emissions are not happening at a fast enough rate […]

Climate scientists widely agree that measures to reduce and capture our greenhouse gas emissions are not happening at a fast enough rate […]

The REACH-DR project, led by Professor Tunde Peto at Queen’s University Belfast in the UK in collaboration with the Philippines team, has […]

The REACH-DR project, led by Professor Tunde Peto at Queen’s University Belfast in the UK in collaboration with the Philippines team, has […]

Led by Peterborough City Council, in the UK, the Piri Project will deliver energy for the Peterborough community through an integrated […]

Led by Peterborough City Council, in the UK, the Piri Project will deliver energy for the Peterborough community through an integrated […]

The ability to feel what others are feeling, a phenomenon known as empathy, is a key part of people’s social behaviour. Despite us knowing […]

The ability to feel what others are feeling, a phenomenon known as empathy, is a key part of people’s social behaviour. Despite us knowing […]

The construction industry is responsible for 40% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Danielle Densley Tingley of the University of […]

The construction industry is responsible for 40% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Danielle Densley Tingley of the University of […]

Our world may be home to many different cultures, but no matter where we are raised, the time we spend transitioning from children into […]

Our world may be home to many different cultures, but no matter where we are raised, the time we spend transitioning from children into […]

Many of us have viruses lying dormant within our cells. While our immune system controls these to keep us healthy, problems arise if […]

Many of us have viruses lying dormant within our cells. While our immune system controls these to keep us healthy, problems arise if […]

Dr Siobhan Maderson, from Aberystwyth University, UK, has been investigating how traditional environmental knowledge is often […]

Dr Siobhan Maderson, from Aberystwyth University, UK, has been investigating how traditional environmental knowledge is often […]

Dr Erik Andersen, of Northwestern University in the USA, is a man with a mission – to capture the genetic diversity of Caenorhabditis elegans […]

Dr Erik Andersen, of Northwestern University in the USA, is a man with a mission – to capture the genetic diversity of Caenorhabditis elegans […]

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global healthcare systems. Dealing with […]

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global healthcare systems. Dealing with […]

As the impacts of climate change worsen and urbanisation continues, flooding is becoming an increasingly serious problem for communities […]

As the impacts of climate change worsen and urbanisation continues, flooding is becoming an increasingly serious problem for communities […]

Hydrogen could be an important clean energy source in future, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to combat climate change […]

Hydrogen could be an important clean energy source in future, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to combat climate change […]

Cancer is a disease caused by mutations in the genes within our cells. Professor Ian Prior, at the University of Liverpool in the UK, is trying […]

Cancer is a disease caused by mutations in the genes within our cells. Professor Ian Prior, at the University of Liverpool in the UK, is trying […]

Modern food production and trade have countless impacts on the environment. Sustainable food systems are therefore indispensable […]

Modern food production and trade have countless impacts on the environment. Sustainable food systems are therefore indispensable […]

Dr Alison Searle, based at the University of Leeds in the UK, is engaged in a project that analyses 17th century archival documents from three […]

Dr Alison Searle, based at the University of Leeds in the UK, is engaged in a project that analyses 17th century archival documents from three […]

Most of our knowledge of prehistoric sharks comes from their fossilised teeth. Complete shark fossils can teach us a huge amount about […]

Most of our knowledge of prehistoric sharks comes from their fossilised teeth. Complete shark fossils can teach us a huge amount about […]

Opioid addiction is a crisis in the USA, where tens of thousands of people die from opioid-related overdoses every year. Noah Robinson, a […]

Opioid addiction is a crisis in the USA, where tens of thousands of people die from opioid-related overdoses every year. Noah Robinson, a […]

Explosions are difficult to study because they happen so quickly and with such destructive power. Yet knowing how they work is important […]

Explosions are difficult to study because they happen so quickly and with such destructive power. Yet knowing how they work is important […]

Soil is full of a staggeringly large number and diversit y of microbes. This microbial community, or microbiome, can help or hinder the […]

Soil is full of a staggeringly large number and diversit y of microbes. This microbial community, or microbiome, can help or hinder the […]

Volcanoes are fed by magma that rises through cracks in the earth’s crust, but we do not really understand how these cracks form and […]

Volcanoes are fed by magma that rises through cracks in the earth’s crust, but we do not really understand how these cracks form and […]

Though life and the universe are pretty complex, there are underlying rules that govern how they work. Uncovering them is no easy task, but […]

Though life and the universe are pretty complex, there are underlying rules that govern how they work. Uncovering them is no easy task, but […]

Most summers during his reign, King Henry VIII and his court set out from London to visit a different part of England. These ‘progresses’ […]

Most summers during his reign, King Henry VIII and his court set out from London to visit a different part of England. These ‘progresses’ […]

Almost twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project compiled the code of every gene in the human body. Now, Professor Neil Kelleher […]

Almost twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project compiled the code of every gene in the human body. Now, Professor Neil Kelleher […]

What does it mean to understand someone else? Some would say it requires knowledge of what that person is going through […]

What does it mean to understand someone else? Some would say it requires knowledge of what that person is going through […]

By combining the expertise of economists and psychologists at the University of Aberdeen in the UK, Professor Keith Bender and […]

By combining the expertise of economists and psychologists at the University of Aberdeen in the UK, Professor Keith Bender and […]

Why do people donate blood to strangers? Professor Jacob Copeman, a social anthropologist at the University of Santiago de Compostela […]

Why do people donate blood to strangers? Professor Jacob Copeman, a social anthropologist at the University of Santiago de Compostela […]

Most people who have had a limb amputated will experience some form of phantom limb pain. Unfortunately, currently available drug […]

Most people who have had a limb amputated will experience some form of phantom limb pain. Unfortunately, currently available drug […]

Art and design have often had a major role in influencing the attitudes of society. Dr Harriet Atkinson, from the University of Brighton in […]

Art and design have often had a major role in influencing the attitudes of society. Dr Harriet Atkinson, from the University of Brighton in […]

How can you increase the engagement of your class? How can you improve your students’ ability to remember what you teach them? […]

How can you increase the engagement of your class? How can you improve your students’ ability to remember what you teach them? […]

How important has mentoring been in the creative industries? This is what Professor Will May from the University of Southampton in the UK […]

How important has mentoring been in the creative industries? This is what Professor Will May from the University of Southampton in the UK […]

Digital interactions are becoming an ever-larger part of our lives. At Queen Mary University of London in the UK, Professor Nelya Koteyko […]

Digital interactions are becoming an ever-larger part of our lives. At Queen Mary University of London in the UK, Professor Nelya Koteyko […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has tested healthcare facilities to their limits. One effect has been a transition towards remote consultations, which […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has tested healthcare facilities to their limits. One effect has been a transition towards remote consultations, which […]

The lack of rainfall in desert environments means that many plants and animals rely on fog and dew to provide their water. But where does […]

The lack of rainfall in desert environments means that many plants and animals rely on fog and dew to provide their water. But where does […]

The human ear can process information far better than the eye, so why are data almost always presented to us in visual forms? Composer […]

The human ear can process information far better than the eye, so why are data almost always presented to us in visual forms? Composer […]

The genetic information that defines each of us is stored in the DNA within our cells. Dr Georg Kustatscher, from the University of […]

The genetic information that defines each of us is stored in the DNA within our cells. Dr Georg Kustatscher, from the University of […]

One significant effect of climate change is that the ocean is becoming increasingly acidic. This has implications for marine life […]

One significant effect of climate change is that the ocean is becoming increasingly acidic. This has implications for marine life […]

Dr Cynthia Nau Cornelissen is a microbiologist who runs her own laboratory at Georgia State University in the US. Her current research […]

Dr Cynthia Nau Cornelissen is a microbiologist who runs her own laboratory at Georgia State University in the US. Her current research […]

Dr Amanda Brown is a neuroscience researcher based at Johns Hopkins University in the US. She is studying inflammation and neuronal injury […]

Dr Amanda Brown is a neuroscience researcher based at Johns Hopkins University in the US. She is studying inflammation and neuronal injury […]

Chronic stress can lead to changes at the cellular level, resulting in disease. Dr Gabriela Chiosis of New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering […]

Chronic stress can lead to changes at the cellular level, resulting in disease. Dr Gabriela Chiosis of New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering […]

Overuse of antimicrobial drugs creates dangerous resistant strains of microorganisms. Yet in some places of the world today, it is […]

Overuse of antimicrobial drugs creates dangerous resistant strains of microorganisms. Yet in some places of the world today, it is […]

The air is full of aerosolised microscopic matter that enter our lungs with every breath. The BioAirNet team is investigating aerosols of […]

The air is full of aerosolised microscopic matter that enter our lungs with every breath. The BioAirNet team is investigating aerosols of […]

Despite progress in recent years, women remain underrepresented on company boards. This is a problem: research shows that companies […]

Despite progress in recent years, women remain underrepresented on company boards. This is a problem: research shows that companies […]

The world is home to a stunningly diverse array of religions, and globalisation means that different groups of followers are mixing […]

The world is home to a stunningly diverse array of religions, and globalisation means that different groups of followers are mixing […]

When we consider our exposure to pollution, we usually think about vehicle exhaust fumes or industrial emissions. Indoor air pollution […]

When we consider our exposure to pollution, we usually think about vehicle exhaust fumes or industrial emissions. Indoor air pollution […]

Radiochemistry involves making molecules with radioactive atoms. Dr Davide Audisio of the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences, part of […]

Radiochemistry involves making molecules with radioactive atoms. Dr Davide Audisio of the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences, part of […]

Professor Todd Landman, a political scientist at the University of Nottingham in the UK, is devoted to promoting and preserving human […]

Professor Todd Landman, a political scientist at the University of Nottingham in the UK, is devoted to promoting and preserving human […]

Dr S. Kokou Dadzie is a mechanical engineer based at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. His research is focused on modelling particle-laden […]

Dr S. Kokou Dadzie is a mechanical engineer based at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. His research is focused on modelling particle-laden […]

In Dr Fabrice Caudron’s lab at Queen Mary University of London, yeast is helping scientists to understand the inner workings of cells. By […]

In Dr Fabrice Caudron’s lab at Queen Mary University of London, yeast is helping scientists to understand the inner workings of cells. By […]

Virtual reality is opening new doors for research in psychology. Based at the University of Kent in the UK, Professor Markus Bindemann and […]

Virtual reality is opening new doors for research in psychology. Based at the University of Kent in the UK, Professor Markus Bindemann and […]

There are over 7,000 languages spoken across the world, but how and why did these languages evolve? To answer this question, Dr Jenny […]

There are over 7,000 languages spoken across the world, but how and why did these languages evolve? To answer this question, Dr Jenny […]

What’s Up With Everyone? is a campaign run in conjunction with Aardman, research teams from various universities, clinical and charitable […]

What’s Up With Everyone? is a campaign run in conjunction with Aardman, research teams from various universities, clinical and charitable […]

The POLAR STAR project is designed to help teachers successfully introduce steam in their classes. It combines state-of-the-art […]

The POLAR STAR project is designed to help teachers successfully introduce steam in their classes. It combines state-of-the-art […]

Dr Tanya Josek, based at Illinois State University in the US, forms part of Project EDDIE which uses large datasets to build quantitative […]

Dr Tanya Josek, based at Illinois State University in the US, forms part of Project EDDIE which uses large datasets to build quantitative […]

The Italian island of Lampedusa has become a major transit point for migrants seeking to enter Europe. With thousands arriving, and […]

The Italian island of Lampedusa has become a major transit point for migrants seeking to enter Europe. With thousands arriving, and […]

High-energy-density physics describes some of the most extreme environments in our universe, like the cores of stars. Dr Valentin […]

High-energy-density physics describes some of the most extreme environments in our universe, like the cores of stars. Dr Valentin […]

Stars are a cooking pot for all the naturally occurring chemical elements. Dr Maria Lugaro, of the Konkoly Observatory at the Research […]

Stars are a cooking pot for all the naturally occurring chemical elements. Dr Maria Lugaro, of the Konkoly Observatory at the Research […]

Assessing species’ risk of extinction is essential for effective conservation efforts. However, this assessment does not tell the whole story […]

Assessing species’ risk of extinction is essential for effective conservation efforts. However, this assessment does not tell the whole story […]

The Understanding Society project, run by the University of Essex in the UK, is a gigantic long term study that interviews households yearly […]

The Understanding Society project, run by the University of Essex in the UK, is a gigantic long term study that interviews households yearly […]

How much influence do industries have over the regulatory agencies responsible for policing these same industries? This is what Dr Eva […]

How much influence do industries have over the regulatory agencies responsible for policing these same industries? This is what Dr Eva […]

Dr Brice Orange and Dr David Morris form part of the team based at the Etelman Observatory in the US Virgin Islands, an establishment […]

Dr Brice Orange and Dr David Morris form part of the team based at the Etelman Observatory in the US Virgin Islands, an establishment […]

The ocean has an incredible capacity to store carbon. It has been absorbing one third of humanity’s emissions over the last century or two […]

The ocean has an incredible capacity to store carbon. It has been absorbing one third of humanity’s emissions over the last century or two […]

A chance discovery of an unusual oscillatory reaction by a Russian chemist nearly 70 years ago has paved the way for some potentially […]

A chance discovery of an unusual oscillatory reaction by a Russian chemist nearly 70 years ago has paved the way for some potentially […]

Professor Zhigang Zhu is a computer scientist based at The City College of New York in the US. He and his collaborators have established […]

Professor Zhigang Zhu is a computer scientist based at The City College of New York in the US. He and his collaborators have established […]

The Tower of Hanoi is a beguiling puzzle that has entranced mathematicians for almost 140 years. Despite its apparent simplicity, it […]

The Tower of Hanoi is a beguiling puzzle that has entranced mathematicians for almost 140 years. Despite its apparent simplicity, it […]

Dr Pascale V. Guillot, based at the University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health. She is leading a […]

Dr Pascale V. Guillot, based at the University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health. She is leading a […]

In the past, biologists believed that all jellyfish propel themselves forward by rapidly squirting water out from their pulsating bells. However […]

In the past, biologists believed that all jellyfish propel themselves forward by rapidly squirting water out from their pulsating bells. However […]

Plants coordinate their growth through hormones – chemical messengers that instruct cells to do certain activities. Dr Alexander Jones […]

Plants coordinate their growth through hormones – chemical messengers that instruct cells to do certain activities. Dr Alexander Jones […]

Students of colour continue to be underrepresented within STEM. Opportunity gaps between different groups of people make it […]

Students of colour continue to be underrepresented within STEM. Opportunity gaps between different groups of people make it […]

Dr Catherine Brissette, based at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota in the US, is engaged in a project […]

Dr Catherine Brissette, based at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota in the US, is engaged in a project […]

The Universe is filled with one billion trillion stars – look at the sky on a clear night and the few thousand that are visible are incredible to […]

The Universe is filled with one billion trillion stars – look at the sky on a clear night and the few thousand that are visible are incredible to […]

Yashaswi Nalawade is currently working on her PHD in Professor Jonathan Coleman’s Laboratory at Trinity College in Ireland. The team is […]

Yashaswi Nalawade is currently working on her PHD in Professor Jonathan Coleman’s Laboratory at Trinity College in Ireland. The team is […]

Professor Klara Nahrstedt, of the University of Illinois at Urbanachampaign, USA, leads the Senselet project, which is designed to monitor […]

Professor Klara Nahrstedt, of the University of Illinois at Urbanachampaign, USA, leads the Senselet project, which is designed to monitor […]

Metabolism is an essential feature of life. All biological processes, such as photosynthesis, respiration and digestion, depend on various […]

Metabolism is an essential feature of life. All biological processes, such as photosynthesis, respiration and digestion, depend on various […]

For centuries, Native Americans have relied on their knowledge about the environment to survive. This knowledge has been passed down […]

For centuries, Native Americans have relied on their knowledge about the environment to survive. This knowledge has been passed down […]

Dr Thomas Volz, based at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, uses quantum optics tools and methods to identify materials that will […]

Dr Thomas Volz, based at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, uses quantum optics tools and methods to identify materials that will […]

Dr Lachlan Rogers, based at the University of Newcastle in Australia, is investigating diamond colour centres. The ultimate aim is to enable […]

Dr Lachlan Rogers, based at the University of Newcastle in Australia, is investigating diamond colour centres. The ultimate aim is to enable […]

At his lab at the University of Southern California in the US, Professor James Boedicker and his team focus on understanding the rules that […]

At his lab at the University of Southern California in the US, Professor James Boedicker and his team focus on understanding the rules that […]

Having a lower income can make the student experience much more challenging, leading to greater drop-out rates and higher levels […]

Having a lower income can make the student experience much more challenging, leading to greater drop-out rates and higher levels […]

Professor Marianne Berwick is a highly inspirational cancer researcher with a particular interest in melanoma. Her atypical career pathway saw […]

Professor Marianne Berwick is a highly inspirational cancer researcher with a particular interest in melanoma. Her atypical career pathway saw […]

Dr Jadranka Šepić forms part of a geophysics team based at the University of Split in Croatia. Her work is primarily focused on understanding […]

Dr Jadranka Šepić forms part of a geophysics team based at the University of Split in Croatia. Her work is primarily focused on understanding […]

Dr Jay Nadeau, based at Portland State University, USA, is on a quest to find life in extreme environments. Her findings could help inform […]

Dr Jay Nadeau, based at Portland State University, USA, is on a quest to find life in extreme environments. Her findings could help inform […]

Dr Xiaoming Yu is based within CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida in the US. He is working […]

Dr Xiaoming Yu is based within CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida in the US. He is working […]

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Professor Yves Dufrêne is a researcher in nanobiophysics with an interest in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacterial […]

We all know the climate is changing but predicting what this means for weather systems is no easy matter. Professor Zhengyu Liu and […]

We all know the climate is changing but predicting what this means for weather systems is no easy matter. Professor Zhengyu Liu and […]

Although incredibly useful to detect a wide range of conditions, from broken bones to decaying teeth, an X-ray or a CT scan carries […]

Although incredibly useful to detect a wide range of conditions, from broken bones to decaying teeth, an X-ray or a CT scan carries […]

Trillions of tiny bits of plastic – known as microplastics – contaminate our environment. Among these are microfibres – very small […]

Trillions of tiny bits of plastic – known as microplastics – contaminate our environment. Among these are microfibres – very small […]

Tropical forests are made up of hundreds of tree species. Knowing what forests are made of at the individual tree level can unlock many […]

Tropical forests are made up of hundreds of tree species. Knowing what forests are made of at the individual tree level can unlock many […]

Professor Basudeb Saha is Founder and President of RiKarbon, a company that produces cost-competitive and environmentally sustainable […]

Professor Basudeb Saha is Founder and President of RiKarbon, a company that produces cost-competitive and environmentally sustainable […]

A raindrop falling onto the ocean seems like a simple event, but behind this, there is an incredibly complex sequence of physical processes. Dr […]

A raindrop falling onto the ocean seems like a simple event, but behind this, there is an incredibly complex sequence of physical processes. Dr […]

Teenagers often feel passionately about environmental issues, but it can be hard to act on these concerns. Professor Sander Thomaes, from […]

Teenagers often feel passionately about environmental issues, but it can be hard to act on these concerns. Professor Sander Thomaes, from […]

Reading is perhaps the most complex skill we learn; it involves turning intricate sequences of symbols into something coherent inside our […]

Reading is perhaps the most complex skill we learn; it involves turning intricate sequences of symbols into something coherent inside our […]

The Earth’s climate is changing due to greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity. Being able to predict these changes is […]

The Earth’s climate is changing due to greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity. Being able to predict these changes is […]

Dr James Tanton is the founder of the Global Math Project, a worldwide movement of teachers committed to inspiring a love of mathematics […]

Dr James Tanton is the founder of the Global Math Project, a worldwide movement of teachers committed to inspiring a love of mathematics […]

Everyone knows that the detonation of nuclear weapons would be very bad news, but their devastation is not only limited to their immediate […]

Everyone knows that the detonation of nuclear weapons would be very bad news, but their devastation is not only limited to their immediate […]

Scientists have been inspired by the natural world since time immemorial. Professor Kristi Morgansen, of the University of Washington in […]

Scientists have been inspired by the natural world since time immemorial. Professor Kristi Morgansen, of the University of Washington in […]

Dr Natalia Rivera-Torres is conducting sickle cell research at Christianacare’s Gene Editing Institute in Delaware in the US. The institute […]

Dr Natalia Rivera-Torres is conducting sickle cell research at Christianacare’s Gene Editing Institute in Delaware in the US. The institute […]

Dr Solange Duhamel and Dr Christopher Hamilton, based at the University of Arizona, have brought together their respective expertise in […]

Dr Solange Duhamel and Dr Christopher Hamilton, based at the University of Arizona, have brought together their respective expertise in […]

Dr Jonas Pontusson leads the Unequal Democracies programme based at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The project explores […]

Dr Jonas Pontusson leads the Unequal Democracies programme based at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The project explores […]

Dr April Hiscox, based at the University of South Carolina, USA, is one of the principal investigators of the SAVANT Project, which looks at […]

Dr April Hiscox, based at the University of South Carolina, USA, is one of the principal investigators of the SAVANT Project, which looks at […]

Extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into something useful could be a key tool for tackling climate change […]

Extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into something useful could be a key tool for tackling climate change […]

We are bombarded by the media with endless news about gang violence and criminal activities. However, a group of scientists want to […]

We are bombarded by the media with endless news about gang violence and criminal activities. However, a group of scientists want to […]

Many STEM fields continue to suffer from a lack of diversity – people from minority backgrounds miss out on rewarding careers and […]

Many STEM fields continue to suffer from a lack of diversity – people from minority backgrounds miss out on rewarding careers and […]

Prosthetic legs have enabled thousands of people with a disability walk, but artificial limbs can be stiff and uncomfortable to use. Dr Elliott […]

Prosthetic legs have enabled thousands of people with a disability walk, but artificial limbs can be stiff and uncomfortable to use. Dr Elliott […]

It’s commonly known that many fields of STEM, in particular engineering and computer science, suffer from a lack of diversity. Tackling this […]

It’s commonly known that many fields of STEM, in particular engineering and computer science, suffer from a lack of diversity. Tackling this […]

Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much of its subject […]

Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much of its subject […]

One of the greatest challenges in modern science is how to get useful conclusions from massive datasets. Dr Eric Chi, of North Carolina […]

One of the greatest challenges in modern science is how to get useful conclusions from massive datasets. Dr Eric Chi, of North Carolina […]

Clean water is our most important natural resource. We need a reliable supply of drinking water to live. We also need water for industry […]

Clean water is our most important natural resource. We need a reliable supply of drinking water to live. We also need water for industry […]

Science and business are often treated as two separate disciplines, which leads to problems. Scientists may lack the business sense to […]

Science and business are often treated as two separate disciplines, which leads to problems. Scientists may lack the business sense to […]

Dr Wenping Yin, based at Monash University in Australia, forms part of a team working at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. Her […]

Dr Wenping Yin, based at Monash University in Australia, forms part of a team working at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. Her […]

Dr Verónica Segarra is a cell biologist based at High Point University in North Carolina, USA. In addition to her research on how cells respond […]

Dr Verónica Segarra is a cell biologist based at High Point University in North Carolina, USA. In addition to her research on how cells respond […]

Dr Shad Nelson and his team, based at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in the US, are passionate about increasing the number of hispanics […]

Dr Shad Nelson and his team, based at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in the US, are passionate about increasing the number of hispanics […]

Dr S. Camille Peres is based at Texas A&M University in the US. what shines through most of all is her love and fascination for her work […]

Dr S. Camille Peres is based at Texas A&M University in the US. what shines through most of all is her love and fascination for her work […]

The field of geoscience is rapidly expanding in many parts of the world, as we seek more sophisticated ways to gather energy and use […]

The field of geoscience is rapidly expanding in many parts of the world, as we seek more sophisticated ways to gather energy and use […]

Dr Mark Rentschler, based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, leads a team focused on developing mobile robotic capsule […]

Dr Mark Rentschler, based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, leads a team focused on developing mobile robotic capsule […]

Climate change is destined to be a major challenge for society, and tackling it effectively relies upon us knowing what we are dealing with. […]

Climate change is destined to be a major challenge for society, and tackling it effectively relies upon us knowing what we are dealing with. […]

The Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Kate Spencer and Dr Jonathan Wheatland are on a quest to understand how […]

The Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Kate Spencer and Dr Jonathan Wheatland are on a quest to understand how […]

Dr Peter Wizinowich, based at W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, is an engineer who specialises in optical sciences in astrophysics […]

Dr Peter Wizinowich, based at W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, is an engineer who specialises in optical sciences in astrophysics […]

Patterns are everywhere in nature, from seasons to colour schemes to heartbeats. The more you look, the more you find, and the […]

Patterns are everywhere in nature, from seasons to colour schemes to heartbeats. The more you look, the more you find, and the […]

Dr Wouter Deconinck, based at the University of Manitoba in Canada, is part of the team working on the electron-ion collider. Once […]

Dr Wouter Deconinck, based at the University of Manitoba in Canada, is part of the team working on the electron-ion collider. Once […]

Dr Liz Johnson is a STEM education specialist based at Southern Research in Alabama, USA. She implements an outreach programme […]

Dr Liz Johnson is a STEM education specialist based at Southern Research in Alabama, USA. She implements an outreach programme […]

The Physical Sciences Scholars Program has been established to help chemistry, geology and physics students at Bucknell University in […]

The Physical Sciences Scholars Program has been established to help chemistry, geology and physics students at Bucknell University in […]

Our devices store certain data temporarily in hardware caches, which allow data to be accessed faster. However, the system does […]

Our devices store certain data temporarily in hardware caches, which allow data to be accessed faster. However, the system does […]

Six universities are involved in a collaborative research project to introduce a special type of resilient timber building across the […]

Six universities are involved in a collaborative research project to introduce a special type of resilient timber building across the […]

Dr Sam Ballas is based at Florida State University in the US. His research focus is on geometry and surfaces, which is a branch […]

Dr Sam Ballas is based at Florida State University in the US. His research focus is on geometry and surfaces, which is a branch […]

For many students, trigonometry is a difficult subject to learn as it requires strong spatial-visualisation abilities. Alongside […]

For many students, trigonometry is a difficult subject to learn as it requires strong spatial-visualisation abilities. Alongside […]

Dr Trisha Moore is a biological and agricultural engineer based at Kansas State University in the US. Her research is wide […]

Dr Trisha Moore is a biological and agricultural engineer based at Kansas State University in the US. Her research is wide […]

Every time we log in to our email account, post a picture on instagram or download a new game, we are putting our personal […]

Every time we log in to our email account, post a picture on instagram or download a new game, we are putting our personal […]

Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much […]

Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much […]

Everything in biology can be reduced to individual atoms. Working out how these atoms form molecules, how they interact […]

Everything in biology can be reduced to individual atoms. Working out how these atoms form molecules, how they interact […]

Dr Gerald Friedland, based at the University of California, Berkeley, investigates the science that underpins the fast-changing […]

Dr Gerald Friedland, based at the University of California, Berkeley, investigates the science that underpins the fast-changing […]

Dr Chris Marble is an environmental horticulturist based at the University of Florida in the US. His work focuses on developing […]

Dr Chris Marble is an environmental horticulturist based at the University of Florida in the US. His work focuses on developing […]

Dr Karyna Rosario is based within the Marine Genomics Laboratory at the University of South Florida in the US. Her research, focusing […]

Dr Karyna Rosario is based within the Marine Genomics Laboratory at the University of South Florida in the US. Her research, focusing […]

Dr Davide Bulgarelli, a scientist of the University of Dundee, based at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland, is studying […]

Dr Davide Bulgarelli, a scientist of the University of Dundee, based at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland, is studying […]

Dr Virginia Edgcomb heads a laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US. She spent three months […]

Dr Virginia Edgcomb heads a laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US. She spent three months […]

There is still a huge amount we do not know about the galaxy we inhabit. The majority of the Milky Way remains unmapped […]

There is still a huge amount we do not know about the galaxy we inhabit. The majority of the Milky Way remains unmapped […]

Dr Michael Webber, based at the University of Melbourne in Australia, is part of a team that is assessing China’s South-North […]

Dr Michael Webber, based at the University of Melbourne in Australia, is part of a team that is assessing China’s South-North […]

Most of us are aware of the looming threat of climate change. Addressing this global issue will take dedicated action at […]

Most of us are aware of the looming threat of climate change. Addressing this global issue will take dedicated action at […]

While the discipline of food science emerged in the 20th century, food processing has existed in one form or another for […]

While the discipline of food science emerged in the 20th century, food processing has existed in one form or another for […]

Dr Marianna Maiaru is part of the Windstar Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the US. She is using her […]

Dr Marianna Maiaru is part of the Windstar Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the US. She is using her […]

Professor Elena Gaura, Associate Dean of Research at Coventry University in the UK, believes that, “engineering can change […]

Professor Elena Gaura, Associate Dean of Research at Coventry University in the UK, believes that, “engineering can change […]

Dr Lakxmi Subramanian, based at Queen Mary University of London in the UK, is investigating how chromosomes segregate […]

Dr Lakxmi Subramanian, based at Queen Mary University of London in the UK, is investigating how chromosomes segregate […]

Whenever humankind believes it has control over the natural world, the weather likes to prove us wrong. Storms, floods and […]

Whenever humankind believes it has control over the natural world, the weather likes to prove us wrong. Storms, floods and […]

The University of Surrey’s Lifelong Health Initiative promotes interdisciplinary research across a broad spectrum. Its aim is to improve […]

The University of Surrey’s Lifelong Health Initiative promotes interdisciplinary research across a broad spectrum. Its aim is to improve […]

Professor Chang-Soo Kim leads a team based at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the US. Their research is concerned […]

Professor Chang-Soo Kim leads a team based at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the US. Their research is concerned […]

Molecular biology depends on laboratory experiments to uncover the secrets of organisms at the molecular level. Despite being […]

Molecular biology depends on laboratory experiments to uncover the secrets of organisms at the molecular level. Despite being […]

Professor Ann Matthysse is a geneticist based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She is investigating E.coli […]

Professor Ann Matthysse is a geneticist based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She is investigating E.coli […]

Maths may not always be a favourite area for biologists, but it is crucial to understanding science. After seeing biology students […]

Maths may not always be a favourite area for biologists, but it is crucial to understanding science. After seeing biology students […]

Most of the food products we humans consume each day have, at some point in the production cycle, been sprayed with pesticides […]

Most of the food products we humans consume each day have, at some point in the production cycle, been sprayed with pesticides […]

Dr Erin Peters-Burton is the Director of the Center for Social Equity Through Science Education, George Mason University, USA. She has […]

Dr Erin Peters-Burton is the Director of the Center for Social Equity Through Science Education, George Mason University, USA. She has […]

Dr Christian Nansen reimagines the school curriculum and places food at the centre of all subjects, from chemistry to history and maths […]

Dr Christian Nansen reimagines the school curriculum and places food at the centre of all subjects, from chemistry to history and maths […]

Dr Helen Bridle is an associate professor at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. One of her current research projects is focused on developing […]

Dr Helen Bridle is an associate professor at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. One of her current research projects is focused on developing […]

Dr April Ulery is based at New Mexico State University in the US and leads the raising the gates project. The aim of this initiative is to give […]

Dr April Ulery is based at New Mexico State University in the US and leads the raising the gates project. The aim of this initiative is to give […]

Dr Dan Flippo is an associate professor at Kansas State University in the US. His laboratory, 2050RL, is trying to find technological solutions […]

Dr Dan Flippo is an associate professor at Kansas State University in the US. His laboratory, 2050RL, is trying to find technological solutions […]

Access to STEM careers can be a challenge to students from underrepresented backgrounds and the National Astronomy Consortium […]

Access to STEM careers can be a challenge to students from underrepresented backgrounds and the National Astronomy Consortium […]

E=mc2 is arguably the most famous equation in the world, but is its description of the universe complete? Dr Matthew Redshaw, based […]

E=mc2 is arguably the most famous equation in the world, but is its description of the universe complete? Dr Matthew Redshaw, based […]

Professor Stephen Self has been studying volcanoes for more than 40 years. In that time, he has visited volcanoes all around the world […]

Professor Stephen Self has been studying volcanoes for more than 40 years. In that time, he has visited volcanoes all around the world […]

What if yeast and bacteria could replace fossil fuels? Dr Alan Goddard and his team are working on the MeMBrane Project, which aims […]

What if yeast and bacteria could replace fossil fuels? Dr Alan Goddard and his team are working on the MeMBrane Project, which aims […]

Farmers use chemical products to control weeds, pests and diseases. While they are extremely effective, relying solely on these products […]

Farmers use chemical products to control weeds, pests and diseases. While they are extremely effective, relying solely on these products […]

Professor János G Filep is an immunologist based at the University of Montreal in Canada. His work is concerned with understanding the […]

Professor János G Filep is an immunologist based at the University of Montreal in Canada. His work is concerned with understanding the […]

Dr Charlotte Kirchhelle, based at the University of Oxford, is investigating the role of cell geometry in shaping plants’ organs – namely […]

Dr Charlotte Kirchhelle, based at the University of Oxford, is investigating the role of cell geometry in shaping plants’ organs – namely […]

Even though medicine has advanced a lot over the last century, there are still many unanswered questions. This is especially […]

Even though medicine has advanced a lot over the last century, there are still many unanswered questions. This is especially […]

Carbon is the cornerstone of life on Earth and is constantly being transferred between the atmosphere and the Earth’s[…]

Carbon is the cornerstone of life on Earth and is constantly being transferred between the atmosphere and the Earth’s[…]

Earthquakes are known for being dramatic and even catastrophic, but they are not the only way that the Earth moves […]

Earthquakes are known for being dramatic and even catastrophic, but they are not the only way that the Earth moves […]

As we become increasingly reliant on our electronic devices, it is becoming more important than ever to be cyber security aware […]

As we become increasingly reliant on our electronic devices, it is becoming more important than ever to be cyber security aware […]

Mining companies are having to look deeper in the Earth’s crust for copper and other precious metals, but how do they know where to […]

Mining companies are having to look deeper in the Earth’s crust for copper and other precious metals, but how do they know where to […]

A nematode worm called C. Elegans has a lifespan of about three weeks, so what can it tell us about how and why we age? Biogerontologist […]

A nematode worm called C. Elegans has a lifespan of about three weeks, so what can it tell us about how and why we age? Biogerontologist […]

Professor Sayantan Ghosal is an academic ambassador for ‘addressing inequalities’ at University of Glasgow in Scotland. His poverty and […]

Professor Sayantan Ghosal is an academic ambassador for ‘addressing inequalities’ at University of Glasgow in Scotland. His poverty and […]

The tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust are constantly shifting. When they collide, they can cause cataclysmic earthquakes […]

The tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust are constantly shifting. When they collide, they can cause cataclysmic earthquakes […]

Dr Fabio Costa, based at the University of Queensland in Australia, is investigating causal relations in quantum physics. The ultimate […]

Dr Fabio Costa, based at the University of Queensland in Australia, is investigating causal relations in quantum physics. The ultimate […]

Dr De Mi is a research fellow at the 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey. He is involved in 5G-Xcast – a highly […]

Dr De Mi is a research fellow at the 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey. He is involved in 5G-Xcast – a highly […]

As we become increasingly concerned about using the world’s resources more efficiently, the agriculture industry’s attention is […]

As we become increasingly concerned about using the world’s resources more efficiently, the agriculture industry’s attention is […]

As the world becomes ever more digitally connected, our systems must be updated to cope with these increasing flows of virtual […]

As the world becomes ever more digitally connected, our systems must be updated to cope with these increasing flows of virtual […]

Scientists working on the Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project are investigating biosecurity measures designed […]

Scientists working on the Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project are investigating biosecurity measures designed […]

For nearly three decades, lithium-ion batteries have been the dominant form of rechargeable energy storage. But is that about […]

For nearly three decades, lithium-ion batteries have been the dominant form of rechargeable energy storage. But is that about […]

The way our brains think about places is very different to the way computers store map locations. At the University of Melbourne, Dr […]

The way our brains think about places is very different to the way computers store map locations. At the University of Melbourne, Dr […]

Deborah Dunn-Walters is Professor of Immunology at the University of Surrey. Her research is focused on B cells and the role they play in […]

Deborah Dunn-Walters is Professor of Immunology at the University of Surrey. Her research is focused on B cells and the role they play in […]

Professor Zheng-Zheng Li, of Curtin University in Western Australia, has combined his love of travel with a life-long interest in nature to […]

Professor Zheng-Zheng Li, of Curtin University in Western Australia, has combined his love of travel with a life-long interest in nature to […]

In our modern age of “plant blindness” – where people underappreciate the plants around us – Professor Margaret Barbour and her PhD student, Richard[…]

In our modern age of “plant blindness” – where people underappreciate the plants around us – Professor Margaret Barbour and her PhD student, Richard[…]

Dr Kohyar Kiazad and his colleagues are looking into reasons why people working in STEM stay in – not leave – their jobs. With the Australian Government […]

Dr Kohyar Kiazad and his colleagues are looking into reasons why people working in STEM stay in – not leave – their jobs. With the Australian Government […]

The Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network is bringing scientists in the UK and China together, and their collaboration […]

The Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network is bringing scientists in the UK and China together, and their collaboration […]

Dr Leigh Orf was just five years old when his home was struck by lightning. Now an atmospheric scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite […]

Dr Leigh Orf was just five years old when his home was struck by lightning. Now an atmospheric scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite […]

Based at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the University of Georgia Marine Extension in the US, Professor Jay Brandes and Dodie Sanders are […]

Based at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the University of Georgia Marine Extension in the US, Professor Jay Brandes and Dodie Sanders are […]

Dr Paul Lasky, Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University in Australia, tells us why the recent detection of gravitational […]

Dr Paul Lasky, Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University in Australia, tells us why the recent detection of gravitational […]

Terri Camesano is a professor of chemical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. Much of her research is concerned with peptides, specifically their  […]

Terri Camesano is a professor of chemical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. Much of her research is concerned with peptides, specifically their […]

Dr Mark Tuckerman is a professor of chemistry and mathematics at New York University in the US. He’s investigating anion exchange fuel cells  – using […]

Dr Mark Tuckerman is a professor of chemistry and mathematics at New York University in the US. He’s investigating anion exchange fuel cells – using […]

Websites use algorithms to recommend music, tv and films that you’ll enjoy. But they could also be manipulating us and hiding the truth. Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos from […]

Websites use algorithms to recommend music, tv and films that you’ll enjoy. But they could also be manipulating us and hiding the truth. Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos from […]

Whether it’s the rubber in your Nike trainers, the metals in your iPhone or the sugar in your Coca-Cola, raw materials such as these go through a series of […]

Whether it’s the rubber in your Nike trainers, the metals in your iPhone or the sugar in your Coca-Cola, raw materials such as these go through a series of […]

Professor Bram Murton is the Associate Head of Marine Geoscience at the National Oceanography Centre in the UK. His research covers many areas, including the deep ocean […]

Professor Bram Murton is the Associate Head of Marine Geoscience at the National Oceanography Centre in the UK. His research covers many areas, including the deep ocean […]

As the climate warms, glaciers – the biggest reservoir of fresh water on the planet – are melting. But some are melting faster than others. Dr Ellyn Enderlin, Assistant Professor of […]

As the climate warms, glaciers – the biggest reservoir of fresh water on the planet – are melting. But some are melting faster than others. Dr Ellyn Enderlin, Assistant Professor of […]

Global warming, climate change, the greenhouse effect, increasing carbon dioxide levels: we have all heard of these worrying events, but what can we do about them? […]

Global warming, climate change, the greenhouse effect, increasing carbon dioxide levels: we have all heard of these worrying events, but what can we do about them? […]

Some animals are capable of pretty amazing feats when they get together. Ants, bees and fish may appear to be simple creatures, but their colonies, swarms and schools display complex […]

Some animals are capable of pretty amazing feats when they get together. Ants, bees and fish may appear to be simple creatures, but their colonies, swarms and schools display complex […]

Dr Jacek Dobaczewski, based at the University of York, is looking at ways to simplify a complex physics problem: how to better describe the atomic nucleus  – and it’s a […]

Dr Jacek Dobaczewski, based at the University of York, is looking at ways to simplify a complex physics problem: how to better describe the atomic nucleus – and it’s a […]

Professor Marc Frischer, from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, is investigating tiny ocean creatures known as doliolids and the food they eat. Why? […]

Professor Marc Frischer, from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, is investigating tiny ocean creatures known as doliolids and the food they eat. Why? […]

What if we could all explore space like the crew of the Starship Enterprise? The National Schools’ Observatory is giving everyone the chance to do just that with the world’s largest […]

What if we could all explore space like the crew of the Starship Enterprise? The National Schools’ Observatory is giving everyone the chance to do just that with the world’s largest […]

To prevent outbreaks of disease destroying wheat and other vital food crops, scientists from the Rothamsted Research and European Bioinformatics Institutes are […]

To prevent outbreaks of disease destroying wheat and other vital food crops, scientists from the Rothamsted Research and European Bioinformatics Institutes are […]

Dr Simon Rennie, based at the University of Exeter, is investigating Victorian poetry – specifically that from the Lancashire cotton famine. By uncovering texts that […]

Dr Simon Rennie, based at the University of Exeter, is investigating Victorian poetry – specifically that from the Lancashire cotton famine. By uncovering texts that […]

Dr Lori Eckhardt is investigating the cause of a deadly root disease – known as pine decline – in the southeastern United States. Using hyperspectral interferometry […]

Dr Lori Eckhardt is investigating the cause of a deadly root disease – known as pine decline – in the southeastern United States. Using hyperspectral interferometry […]

Climate change and a growing population are putting pressure on our global water resources, especially those used for agriculture. How can we respond to this challenge […]

Climate change and a growing population are putting pressure on our global water resources, especially those used for agriculture. How can we respond to this challenge […]

Undergraduate scientists at the University of Saint Francis are receiving scholarships from the National Science Foundation to learn and share their knowledge with […]

Undergraduate scientists at the University of Saint Francis are receiving scholarships from the National Science Foundation to learn and share their knowledge with […]

Scientists used to think that only tsunamis were capable of moving gigantic rocks far inland and above high water. Geologist Dr Rónadh Cox now has the evidence[…]

Scientists used to think that only tsunamis were capable of moving gigantic rocks far inland and above high water. Geologist Dr Rónadh Cox now has the evidence[…]

Earthquakes occur often, and they can wreak havoc on infrastructure such as buildings and roads. Of course, earthquakes are a natural occurrence, but how can city planners […]

Earthquakes occur often, and they can wreak havoc on infrastructure such as buildings and roads. Of course, earthquakes are a natural occurrence, but how can city planners […]

Sarah McAnulty from the University of Connecticut is looking at a very intriguing relationship between a bacteria and bobtail squid. Why? Her work could tell us a […]

Sarah McAnulty from the University of Connecticut is looking at a very intriguing relationship between a bacteria and bobtail squid. Why? Her work could tell us a […]

Full liver transplants are the main treatment option for severe liver disease, but suitable donors are in short supply. Could stem cell technology, in which healthy liver […]

Full liver transplants are the main treatment option for severe liver disease, but suitable donors are in short supply. Could stem cell technology, in which healthy liver […]

Modern society is increasingly reliant on devices that run on light, but there’s a global shortage of optics and photonics technicians. Dr Alexis Vogt of Monroe […]

Modern society is increasingly reliant on devices that run on light, but there’s a global shortage of optics and photonics technicians. Dr Alexis Vogt of Monroe […]

Focusing on the positives and joyful moments in our lives can help us to build resilience, cope with challenges and be the best we can be. But can an app […]

Focusing on the positives and joyful moments in our lives can help us to build resilience, cope with challenges and be the best we can be. But can an app […]

Dr Andrea Holmes and her team at Doane University have developed nanoprinted sensors that can identify unknown substances, but why is this important?

Dr Andrea Holmes and her team at Doane University have developed nanoprinted sensors that can identify unknown substances, but why is this important?

Dr Elsa Lee is a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the UK, who is studying the link between participation in waterway regeneration […]

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The following databases were selected not only for their availablity to the general public but also because of their broad appeal and scope, and access to full-text resources.

  • African Journals Online A service to provide access to African published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship. It's published in Africa and cover the full range of academic disciplines.  
  • AGRICOLA This catalog of the U.S. National Agriculatural Library (NAL) provides citations to agricultural literature. The NAL houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and advances access to global information for agriculture.  
  • AIDSinfo Access to wide-ranging Federal resources on HIV/AIDS clinical research, HIV treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for health care providers and consumers.  
  • American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed., 2000) [UCSB call #: PE 1628 .A623 2000]
  • Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (20th ed., 1918) [UCSB has later editions at: QM 23.2 .G73]
  • The Boston Cooking School Cookbook by Fannie Farmer (1918)
  • Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907-1921) [various call numbers at UCSB]
  • The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed., 2001) [UCSB call #: Ref AG 5 .C725 2000]
  • Columbia Gazetteer of North America (2000) [UCSB call #: Ref E 35 .C65 2000]
  • Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett (10th ed., 1919) [UCSB call #: Spec. Coll. PN 6081 .B29 1902; later editions at: PN 6081 .B29 and in Reference at: PN 6081 .B27]
  • Robert's Rules of Order Revised (1915) [UCSB call #: Ref JF515 .W42 for latest edition]
  • Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (3rd ed., 1995) [UCSB call #: Ref PE1591 .B35]
  • Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) "The Most Notable Quotes, 1950-1988" [UCSB call #: Ref PN 6083 .S53 1988]
  • The World Factbook (2008)
  • BioMed Central Publisher of 187 peer-reviewed open access journals.  
  • bizjournals Features local business news from around the nation, top business stories from American City's print editions and industry-specific news from more than 40 industries with access to each of the 42 local business sites; contains 1.25 million business news articles published since 1996.  
  • BPubs.com The Business Publications Search Engine Organized by various business categories, this site provides links to full text business articles on the web.  
  • Chaucer Bibliography Online The Online Chaucer Bibliography includes materials from the Annotated Chaucer Bibliography published annually in Studies in the Age of Chaucer (call number: PR 1901 .S78) and is sponsored by the NCS and the library of the University of Texas at San Antonio. (Note: "Title" searching is searching for the beginning of the title, not for keywords in the title.  
  • Chemistry Central Publishing peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry, from BioMed Central - the leading biomedical open access publisher. This site features chemistry-related articles published in Chemistry Central Journal, BioMed Central journals and independent journals utilizing BioMed Central's open access publishing services. All original research articles published by, or in cooperation with, Chemistry Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.  
  • ClinicalTrials.gov A registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals.  
  • Core Documents of U. S. Democracy To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications is being made available for free, permanent, public access. In addition to full ASCII text, some documents, such as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, are available as scanned images of the original manuscripts. Document texts range from the Articles of Confederation to the current United States Government Manual, Statistical Abstracts and Code of Federal Regulations.  
  • Dictionary.com Dictionary.com provides searchable access to several dictionaries, most notably, the American Heritage Dictionary , 3rd ed. (1996,1992) (in print at PE 1628 .A623 1992), plus Roget's Thesaurus, and links to a number of other dictionary sites on the web.  
  • Directory of Open Access Journals This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. Covers nearly 150,000 articles in 834 searchable journals.  
  • Energy Citations Database Free access to over 2.3 million science research citations with access to over 179,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1943 forward, made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). ECD includes scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.  
  • English Broadside Ballad Archive Created by the Early Modern Center in the English Department at UCSB, the English Broadside Ballad Archive (formerly, Pepys Ballad Archive) offers a fully-searchable database of over 1,800 broadside ballads, mostly of the seventeenth century and mostly in black-letter print. The ballads were collected by Samuel Pepys into five albums, which are held at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The ballads in the database are accessible as facsimiles, as facsimile transcriptions, and as recorded songs. Also provided are full citations for the ballads as well as background essays about ballad culture of the period and Pepys’s categories for organizing his collection.  
  • Espacenet (European Patent Office) The European Patent Office's Esp@acenet provides detailed searching of EPO and PCT patent applications for the last 24 months, and worldwide patent documents searchable by patent number as early as 1920 for some issuing nations.  
  • FWS National Image Library U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's online collection of public domain still photographs, containing still photo images of wildlife, plants, National Wildlife Refuges and other scenics, as well as wildlife management work.  
  • Google Scholar Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.  
  • Govinfo From the U.S. Government Printing Office: provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version.  
  • Hearth Hearth is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. Future phases of the project will include books published between 1926 and 1950, as well as additional journals. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site.  
  • Encyclopedia.com Contains nearly 200,000 brief entries from the Britannica , Oxford University Press , and Columbia Encyclopedia .  
  • HighWire Press Free full-text articles in science disciplines, from HighWire Press at Stanford University.  
  • ibiblio One of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collaboration of the School of Information and Library Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.  
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“Free Full Text Articles”: Where to Search for Them?

Ashish singh.

Consultant Dermatologist, Parkinsganj, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Manish Singh

1 Department of Neurosurgery, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

Ajai Kumar Singh

2 Department of Neurology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Vibhooti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Deepti Singh

3 Consultant Psychiatrist, Parkinsganj, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pratibha Singh

4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

Abhishek Sharma

5 Department of Surgical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi, India

References form the backbone of any medical literature. Presently, because of high inflation, it is very difficult for any library/organization/college to purchase all journals. The condition is even worse for an individual person, such as private practitioners. The solution lies in the free availability of full-text articles. Here, the authors share their experiences about the accessibility of free full-text articles.

INTRODUCTION

Presently, in India nearly 314 medical colleges are providing undergraduate medical education in the form of MBBS, 163 colleges are providing doctor of medicine in diploma in Dermatology,Venereology and Leprosy (DVL), and 84 colleges are providing diploma in DVL.[ 1 – 3 ] In addition to this, 27 hospitals are providing diplomate of national board in diploma in Venereology and Dermatology.[ 4 ] On comparing this data with number of research articles published, the latter stands in a mediocre situation. One of the important cause responsible for the relatively less number of research publication is unavailability of free full-text articles. Research works, published by most of the journals, are paid. Many of the undergraduates or postgraduate students may not be able to purchase these high-cost journals or articles. In addition to this, many researchers may not be willing to spend money on journals. These are some of the situations where free full-text articles come for rescue, but many of the beginners may not be familiar about how to search these articles. In addition, free full-text articles are the first choice for many of the postgraduate students for their dissertation.

HOW TO APPROACH

In addition to journals which are fully Open Access, there are few other journals which operate through subscriptions as mainstream journals do, but which offer open access to the electronic versions of their articles after a delay of usually a year, or selectively for individual articles, provided the authors have paid an additional charge to “open up” the articles.[ 5 ]

Free full-text articles can be approached in the following ways.

Medknow Publications

Medknow Publications publish nearly 150 journals. They provide free access to the electronic editions of their journals.[ 6 ] Researchers just have to open the site www.medknow.com , fill the key word they require, and search. Alternatively, they can visit the search option, available in most of their journals site through www.journalonweb.com , fill the key word, and search across multiple journals. At times, this site alone provides sufficient number of references required for the purpose. The important dermatological journals published by Medknow Publications are Indian Dermatology Online Journal, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, International Journal of Trichology, and Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery.[ 7 ]

PubMed Central and PubMed

PubMed Central is the United States National Library of Medicine's digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature which provides free access to the full text of articles.[ 8 ] To search for free full-text articles on PubMed Central, one has to visit the site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ , write the topic/author/journal title, and search across all articles.

PubMed is a database of citations and abstracts for articles from thousands of journals. PubMed does not include full-text journal articles.[ 9 ] It includes links to full-text articles at many journal web sites as well as to most of the articles in PubMed Central.[ 10 ] Here, articles can be searched on the site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed . Search can be restricted to contents free on web by using filter your results and clicking free full text.[ 11 ]

Directory of Open Access Journals

The directory aims to cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.[ 12 ] It provides articles from 439 medicinal journals. Among them, 21 are from dermatology.[ 13 ] It includes Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, BMC Dermatology, Case Reports in Dermatology, Clinical Dermatology, Clinical Medicine Insights: Dermatology, Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, Dermatología Peruana, Dermatology Online Journal,th Dermatology Reports, Dermatology Research and Practice, Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, The Internet Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Research, Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society, Open Dermatology Journal, Revista Argentina de Dermatología, Surgical and Cosmetic Dermatology, Turk Dermatoloji Dergisi, Turkderm.[ 14 ] The disadvantage of directory of open access journals is that few of these journals are in languages other than English. Here, articles can be searched on the site http://www.doaj.org .

Electronic Resources in Medicine Consortium and National Medical Library

Electronic Resources in Medicine Consortium (ERMED) and National Medical Library (NML) are an excellent platform for obtaining free of cost recent journal articles for its member colleges. There is no membership fees charged from the Government Medical Colleges and institutions. The private colleges and institutions have to make payment per site price for e-sources purchased by the consortium in every calendar year.[ 15 ] Membership of the college can be checked from the site http://www.nmlermed.in/members.htm or volunteers can contact their library to check the membership and to get the user name and password of the site www.ermed.jccc.in allotted to their college.[ 16 ] In 2009, the number of ERMED members increased from 40 to 72 Government Medical Colleges/Institutes across the country.[ 17 ] At present, it covers nearly 32 journals of dermatology. It includes Acta Dermatoveneorologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica, Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, Advances in Skin and Wound Care, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, American Journal of Dermatopathology, Archives of Dermatological Research, Archives of Dermatology,, Asian Journal of Dermatology, BMC Dermatology, Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, Clinical Dermatology, Contact Dermatitis, Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology, Dermatology Nursing, Dermatology Online Journal, Dermatology Times, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, International Journal of Dermatology, Internet Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Medicine, Open Dermatology Journal, Pediatric Dermatology, Rosacea Review, Skin and Allergy News, Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, Turkdem-Archives of the Turkish Dermatology and Venerology and Turkish Journal of Dermatology.[ 18 ]

Journal articles related to the topic can be searched easily after signing in at the site www.ermed.jccc.in , followed by clicking search database.

Google, Google Scholar, and Yahoo

Google ( http://www.google.com ) and Yahoo search ( http://www.search.yahoo.com ) are two of the world's most hit web pages and two largest web-based search engines.[ 19 ] Usually these are the first search site for any scholar. They provide links for both paid and free articles. The disadvantage associated with these sites is that additionally they provide materials that may not give scholarly information. Many articles are repeated also. But the catch is that one article which is paid at one web link may be free at another web link. Google Scholar ( http://www.scholar.google.com ) provides a simple way to broadly search for the relevant scholarly literature and research.[ 19 ]

The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library provides high-quality review articles. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has an impact factor of 5.653 of 2009.[ 20 ] Articles can be searched on the site http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/index.html .

Public Library of Science

Public library of science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.[ 21 ] Everything published on this site is freely available throughout the world, for researchers to read, download, copy, distribute, and use.[ 22 ] Articles can be searched here on the site http://www.plos.org/search.php .

Free Medical Journals

Currently, total 2226 journals are available on this site.[ 23 ] Among them, nearly 30 are journals are related to dermatology and venereology and most of them are in English.[ 24 ] Some journals are available only a few months after the release. Journals can be searched on the site http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/fmj/DERMA.HTM .

It covers more than 125 medical journals and textbooks. After a simple, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers you the specialty site that best fits your profile.[ 25 ] After signing in at www.medscape.com , articles can be searched.

HighWire Press Stanford University

HighWire Press partners with independent scholarly publishers, societies, associations, and university presses to facilitate the digital dissemination of 1465 journals, reference works, books, and proceedings.[ 26 ] Articles can be searched on the site http://highwire.stanford.edu/ . It provides both free and paid articles.

Bioline International

Bioline International provides open access to peer reviewed bioscience journals published in developing countries.[ 27 ] Articles can be searched on the site http://www.bioline.org.br .

Indmed covers about 77 journals indexed from 1985 onwards. A portal medIND provides free full text access to 40 Indian medical journals.[ 28 ] Articles can be searched on the site http://medind.nic.in .

BioMed Central

BioMed Central is a Science, Technology, and Medicine publisher. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made free and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.[ 29 ] After free registration, journals can be searched over http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/ .

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Important dermatology journals in English included in this site are Acta Dermato-Venereologica, Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica, Annals of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology, Asian Journal of Dermatology, BMC Dermatology, Case Reports in Dermatology, Clinical Medicine Insights: Dermatology, Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, Dermato-Endocrinology, Dermatology Online Journal, Dermatology Reports, Dermatology Research and Practice, Dermatology Times, European Journal of Dermatology, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, International Journal of Trichology, Internet Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Research, Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, Journal of Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of Skin Cancer, Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society, Leprosy Review, Open Dermatology Journal, Rosacea Review, Skin Therapy Letter, World Wide Wounds.[ 30 ] Journals can be seen on the site http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_journals/Dermatology.htm .

The website of Italian Library Association

Here journals can be traced on the site http://www.aib.it/aib/commiss/cnur/peb/pebs.htm3 . This site provides both free and paid journal articles.

UK PubMed Central

UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) is a full-text article database that extends the functionality of the original PubMed Central (PMC) repository. UKPMC ( http://ukpmc.ac.uk ) has undergone considerable development since its inception in 2007 and now includes both a UKPMC and PubMed search, as well as access to other records such as Agricola, Patents, and recent biomedical theses. UKPMC also differs from PubMed/PMC in that the full text and abstract information can be searched in an integrated manner from one input box. All of the articles in UKPMC are “Free Access,” Not all content available in PMC is made available to UKPMC.[ 31 ]

The University of lowa libraries

Links to few free full-text articles are available at the site http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eresources/genindexes.asp .

National library of medicine gateway

National library of medicine (NLM) is a user-friendly web-based system that searches not only MEDLINE but also several other NLM databases at the same time.[ 19 ] Articles can be searched here on http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd .

Medical Matrix

Medical Matrix ( http://www.medmatrix.org ) is a comprehensive guide to clinical medicine resources on the Internet.[ 19 ] Medical Matrix links to more than ten MEDLINE sites, including Gateway and PubMed and fee and open access sites.[ 19 ]

World Health Organization

Publications from World Health Organizations can be searched at the site http://www.who.int/publications/en/ .

British Medical Journal Group

Some low income and low middle income countries are entitled to free access of this site.[ 32 ] For other countries, all the articles are not free. Journals can be searched here at site http://group.bmj.com/products/journals/ . This site includes Journal of Sexually Transmitted Infections.

British medical journal (BMJ) Open is an online-only, open access general medical journal, publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.[ 33 ] The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses.[ 33 ] Articles can be searched at http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ .

Elsevier Journals

Few journals published by Elsevier, provide free access to non subscribers, after a predefined period of time has elapsed following the final publication.[ 34 ] The list of journals can be seen on website http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/delayedaccess .

Free full-text articles play a pivotal role in updating the knowledge of physicians and researchers. They play important role in preparation of any manuscript or thesis, for the persons who cannot subscribe to these articles due to any reason. Authors believe that these articles will be useful for such persons. Authors request the readers to contribute any other link for free full-text articles they know.

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AI can also help automate tasks like grading and lesson planning, freeing teachers to do the human work that drew them into the profession in the first place, said Victor Lee, an associate professor at the GSE and faculty lead for the AI + Education initiative at the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. “I’m heartened to see some movement toward creating AI tools that make teachers’ lives better – not to replace them, but to give them the time to do the work that only teachers are able to do,” he said. “I hope to see more on that front.”

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Overall in math, a subject where learning loss has been greatest, students have made up about a third of what they lost. In reading, they have made up a quarter, according to the new analysis of standardized test score data led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard.

The findings suggest that the United States has averted a dire outcome — stagnating at pandemic lows — but that many students are not on pace to catch up before the expiration of a $122 billion federal aid package in September. That money — the single largest federal investment in public education in the country’s history — has paid for extra help, like tutoring and summer school, at schools nationwide.

Even with the federal funds, the gains were larger than researchers expected, based on prior research on extra money for schools. Recovery was not a given , judging from past unexpected school closures, like for natural disasters or teachers’ strikes.

Still, the gap between students from rich and poor communities — already huge before the pandemic — has widened.

“One of the big and surprising findings is there actually has been a substantial recovery,” said Sean F. Reardon, a professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford, who conducted the new analysis with Thomas J. Kane, an economist at Harvard; Erin Fahle, executive director of the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford; and Douglas O. Staiger, an economist at Dartmouth.

“But it’s an unevenly felt recovery,” Professor Reardon said, “so the worry there is that means inequality is getting baked in.”

Some children may never catch up and could enter adulthood without the full set of skills they need to succeed in the work force and life.

The students most at risk are those in poor districts, whose test scores fell further during the pandemic. Though the new data shows that they have begun to catch up, they had much more to make up than their peers from higher-income families, who are already closer to a recovery.

The result: Students in poor communities are at a greater disadvantage today than they were five years ago.

Yet there is significant variation. Some wealthy districts have barely improved. Some poorer districts have made remarkable recoveries, offering lessons for what has worked. In places like Durham, N.C.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Delano, Calif., students are now about fully caught up.

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The data does not include any progress students may be making this school year, which will be measured in state tests this spring.

But the study suggests that many students will still need significant support, just as federal aid is running out.

“We seemed to have lost the urgency in this crisis,” said Karyn Lewis, who has studied pandemic learning declines for NWEA, a research and student assessment group. “It is problematic for the average kid. It is catastrophic for the kids who were hardest hit.”

Why Inequality Has Widened

The analysis looked at test score data for third- through eighth-grade students in about 30 states — representing about 60 percent of the U.S. public school population in those grades. It examined pandemic declines from 2019 to 2022 , and measured recovery as of spring 2023. It offers the first national comparison of recovery at a school district level. (It did not include high school students.)

Test scores fell most in poor districts. School closures, though not the only driver of pandemic losses , were a major factor: Schools in poor communities stayed remote for longer in the 2020-21 school year, and students suffered bigger declines when they did .

But once schools reopened, the pace of recovery was similar across districts, the analysis shows. Both the richest and poorest districts managed to teach more than in a usual school year — about 17 percent more in math, and 8 percent more in reading — as schools raced to help students recover.

Yet because poor districts had lost more ground, their progress was not nearly enough to outpace wealthier districts, widening the gulf between them. The typical rich district is about a fifth of a grade level behind where it was in 2019. The typical poor district: nearly half a grade.

Another factor is widened inequality within districts.

When looking at data available in 15 states, researchers found that in a given district — poor or rich — children across backgrounds lost similar ground, but students from richer families recovered faster.

One possible explanation: Even within districts, individual schools have become increasingly segregated by income and race in recent years, said Ann Owens, a sociologist at the University of Southern California. When this happens, she has found, achievement gaps grow , largely because students from wealthier families benefit from a concentration of resources.

Schools made up mostly of high-income families attract more experienced teachers. High-earning parents are more likely to invest in tutors or enrichment outside of school.

Even when schools offered interventions to help students catch up, lower-income families might have been less able to rearrange schedules or transportation to ensure their children attended. (This is one reason experts advise scheduling tutoring during the school day, not after.)

Racial gaps in student scores have also grown, with white students pulling further ahead.

Black students, on average, are now recovering at a faster pace than white or Hispanic students, the analysis suggests — but because they lost more ground than white students, they remain further behind. The gap between white and Hispanic students has also grown, and Hispanic students appear to have had a relatively weak recovery overall. The analysis did not include Asian students, who represent 5 percent of public school students.

Where Students Are and Are Not Recovering

Another factor in recovery: where students live.

Take Massachusetts, which has some of the nation’s best math and reading scores , but wide inequality. The recovery there was led by wealthier districts. Test scores for students in poor districts have shown little improvement, and in some cases, kept falling, leaving Massachusetts with one of the largest increases in the achievement gap. (Officials in Massachusetts hope that an increase in state funding for K-12 schools last year, as part of a plan to direct more money to poor districts, will help close gaps.)

In states like Kentucky and Tennessee that have traditionally had more middling test scores, but with less inequality, poor students have recovered remarkably well.

In Oregon, test scores appeared not to recover. State officials pointed to investments they hope will show results in the future, including permanent funding for early literacy . “We are definitely not satisfied with where we are,” said Charlene Williams, director of the Oregon Department of Education. She added, “We need every minute of instruction we can get.”

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Some states, including Mississippi , had strong recoveries.

Some states are excluded because of lower test participation rates, lack of sufficiently detailed public data or changes to their tests between 2022 and 2023. Source: Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford

Across the country, richer districts overall saw gains. But some have made little to no recovery, including Forsyth County on the outskirts of Atlanta, and Rochester, Mich., in suburban Detroit; and Lake Oswego, Ore., near Portland.

And some poorer districts did better than expected, including large urban districts like Chicago, Nashville and Philadelphia, which saw big drops during the pandemic, but have had above-average recoveries.

In the years before the pandemic, big-city school districts often outpaced the nation in learning gains , even as they served larger shares of poor students and more students learning English as a second language.

“We have had to be more innovative,” said Raymond Hart, executive director for the Council of the Great City Schools, which represents 78 large urban school districts.

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Birmingham, Ala., prioritized extra time for learning over school breaks. Mark Sullivan, the superintendent, said some parents initially balked, but have come to love the program.

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When it comes to success, no one strategy appeared to lead the way.

In interviews in a sample of districts with outsize recovery, educators described multiple approaches. Some focused on spending more federal dollars on academics — and less, for instance, on renovating school buildings . Some prioritized adding instruction time — via intensive tutoring , summer school or other sessions — which research shows can produce significant gains . Many experimented, coming up with new strategies to help students, including their mental health.

“I stopped looking for these silver bullets,” said Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent in Los Angeles, which has seen above-average recovery compared with the rest of California, including strong recoveries for Black and Hispanic children. “More often than not, it is the compound effect of good strategies.”

The $122 billion federal aid package has helped fund this effort, especially in poor communities. The poorest districts received about $6,200 per student in aid , compared with $1,350 for the most affluent districts.

But the law required only 20 percent of the money be spent on learning loss, with no mandate to invest in the most effective strategies and little national accounting of how the money was spent. That has made it hard to evaluate the impact of federal dollars nationally.

One strategy some districts used was spending much more than 20 percent of their funds on academic recovery.

For example, Weakley County, Tenn., a lower-income and mostly white rural district, allocated more than three-fourths. ( Tennessee gave districts incentives to spend at least half of their federal dollars on academics.) Today, Weakley County’s math and reading scores are fully recovered.

Its main focus was a tutoring program — students who are behind meet with experienced tutors in groups of three, twice a week. The district also hired instructional coaches, social workers and educational assistants who teach small groups in classrooms. “If you ask a teacher and say, ‘In a perfect world, if I have $30,000, what would you like me to buy?’ every teacher would say, ‘Another person in this classroom to help,’” said Betsi Foster, assistant director of schools.

Other districts focused on adding more hours of school, including Birmingham, Ala., a majority Black district where most students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

The superintendent, Mark Sullivan, said he first wanted to make school year-round, a dramatic solution that found little support among families and teachers. So he offered a compromise: The district would hold extra instructional sessions available to all students during fall, winter and spring breaks, in addition to summer school.

Mr. Sullivan said some parents initially balked, but have come to love the program, in part because it provides child care during school breaks. More than a quarter of students typically participate.

Combined with other tactics, like hiring local college students as tutors, Birmingham made up for its pandemic losses in math.

The pandemic also spurred educators to innovate.

Among other strategies, Durham, N.C., a racially and economically diverse district that is now fully recovered, asked its most effective teachers to teach summer school and paid $40 an hour, up from the usual $25 rate.

It is one example of setting high expectations, which the superintendent, Pascal Mubenga, said was integral to recovery. “We did not just give that opportunity to any person; we recruited the best,” he said.

In the Delano Union school district, which serves mostly poor Hispanic students in central California, employees began making daily visits to the homes of students who were frequently absent — a ballooning national problem since the pandemic. The district’s absenteeism rate has fallen under 10 percent, from 29 percent.

The district focused on student well-being as a prerequisite for academics. For example, teachers now ask students to write down how they are feeling each week, a simple and free strategy that has helped uncover obstacles to learning — a fight with a friend, money problems at home.

“If a child is not mentally OK, no matter how good my lesson is, my students will not learn,” said Maria Ceja, who teaches fourth grade.

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Students in Maria Ceja’s fourth-grade class in Delano, Calif., with Rosalina Rivera, the superintendent. Since the pandemic, teachers have begun using hands-on tools during math lessons, a strategy they said is helping children after online learning.

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Despite the successes, the pace of national recovery has been “too little,” said Margaret Spellings, a former secretary of education under George W. Bush. “We’re slowly recovering, but not fast enough.”

Congress has shown little appetite to add more funding, and many districts will soon end or cut back programs.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Biden administration did not push for more federal dollars, and instead renewed its call for states to take a greater role, both in financing programs and tracking the number of students receiving intensive tutoring or summer school.

Professor Kane, one of the researchers, advised schools to notify the parents of all children who are behind, in time to sign up for summer school. Despite setbacks on standardized tests, report card grades have remained stable, and polling indicates most parents believe their children are on track .

And what if students never catch up?

While test scores are just one measure, lower achievement in eighth grade has real impact in adulthood. It is associated with lower lifetime earnings , as well as a higher risk of unemployment and incarceration, research has shown.

At this rate, the United States will have a less skilled work force in the future, leading to lower economic output, said Eric Hanushek, an education economist at the Hoover Institution.

The highest-achieving students are likely to be least affected, said Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University — perhaps fewer will study advanced math and science and enter rigorous professions like engineering.

Students in the vast middle — some who may otherwise have become nurses or electricians, for example — could lose opportunities to establish middle-class lives. Community college enrollment is down from 2019 .

And the lowest-achieving students may further disengage from school, making it harder to graduate from high school and hold down even low-wage jobs.

As the pandemic generation enters adulthood, they may face a lifetime of lost opportunities.

Update, Feb. 8, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect a change to the data from researchers at Stanford and Harvard. On Monday, the researchers removed Oregon from the data set because its test participation rates were slightly below their threshold of 94 percent in 2022 and 2023. This article previously said that test scores continued to decline there from 2022 to 2023. The researchers said even with the lower test score participation, the data showed that Oregon students, including in the Lake Oswego district, made a near-zero recovery. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University

Math and reading average test scores are calculated for students from third through eighth grade in about 30 states, which account for about 60 percent of the U.S. public school population in those grades.

Researchers excluded school districts in states that do not provide sufficiently detailed test data on their public websites, and in states for years where participation rates were below 94 percent. Some small districts and charter schools were also excluded due to insufficient data.

To develop a consistent scale across states and over time, researchers link test results with the results of a federal exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress . Since there was no NAEP test in 2023, researchers relied on the stability of state tests and proficiency definitions for recovery estimates; states that changed their exams between 2021-22 and 2022-23 were excluded from the 2023 data.

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Atheists make up 4% of U.S. adults, according to our 2023 National Public Opinion Reference Survey . That compares with 3% who described themselves as atheists in 2014 and 2% who did so in 2007 .

Here are some key facts about atheists in the United States and around the world, based on several Pew Research Center surveys.

This analysis draws on several Pew Research Center studies. Data on the share of atheists in the United States is from the  2023 National Public Opinion Reference Survey , as well as the Center’s  2007  and  2014 Religious Landscape Studies .

Other data on U.S. atheists comes from various waves of the American Trends Panel, collected in  September and December 2017 ,  February 2019 ,  September 2022 , and  July and August 2023 .

For data from countries other than the U.S., this analysis draws on nationally representative surveys conducted in 2019, 2022 and 2023. Read more details about our  international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs .

For the purposes of this analysis, “wealthy nations” are those that were classified as “high income” according to the  World Bank Income Classifications .

In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young,  according to a Center survey conducted in summer 2023 . Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%).

Atheists also are more likely than the general public to be White (77% vs. 62%) and have a college degree (48% vs. 34%). Roughly eight-in-ten atheists identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.

Almost all U.S. atheists (98%) say religion is not too or not at all important in their lives, according to the same summer 2023 survey. An identical share say that they seldom or never pray.

At the same time, 79% of American atheists say they feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least several times a year. And 36% feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being at least that often.

U.S. atheists and religiously affiliated Americans find meaning in their lives in some of the same ways. In a 2017 survey , we asked an open-ended question about this. Like a majority of Americans, most atheists mentioned family as a source of meaning.

However, atheists (26%) were far more likely than Christians (10%) to describe their hobbies as meaningful or satisfying. Atheists were also more likely than Americans overall to describe finances and money, creative pursuits, travel, and leisure activities as meaningful. Very few atheists (4%) said they found life’s meaning in spirituality.

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Atheists make up a larger share of the population in many Western European countries than in the U.S.,  according to a spring 2023 Center survey that included 10 European countries. For example, nearly a quarter of French adults (23%) identify as atheists, as do 18% of adults in Sweden, 17% in the Netherlands and 12% in the United Kingdom.

Most U.S. atheists express concerns about the role religion plays in society. An overwhelming majority of atheists (94%) say that the statement “religion causes division and intolerance” describes their views a great deal or a fair amount, according to our summer 2023 survey. And 91% say the same about the statement “religion encourages superstition and illogical thinking.” Nearly three-quarters (73%) say religion does more harm than good in American society.

At the same time, 41% of atheists say religion helps society by giving people meaning and purpose in their lives, and 33% say it encourages people to treat others well.

Atheists may not believe religious teachings, but they are  quite informed about religion . In our 2019 religious knowledge survey , atheists were among the best-performing groups. On average, they answered about 18 out of 32 fact-based questions correctly, while U.S. adults overall got roughly 14 questions right. In particular, atheists were twice as likely as Americans overall to know that the U.S. Constitution says no religious test is necessary to hold public office.

Atheists were also at least as knowledgeable as Christians on Christianity-related questions. For example, roughly eight-in-ten in both groups knew that Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus.

Most Americans don’t think believing in God is necessary to be a good person, according to the summer 2023 survey. When we asked people which statement came closer to their views, 73% selected “it is possible to be moral and have good values without believing in God,” while 25% picked “it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values.”

Adults in some other wealthy countries tend to agree with this sentiment, based on responses to a similar question we asked in 2019 and 2022 . For example, nine-in-ten Swedish adults say belief in God is not necessary to be moral and have good values, while 85% in Australia, 80% in the Czech Republic and 77% in France say this.

However, fewer than one-in-ten adults in some other countries surveyed say that a person can be moral without believing in God. That includes 5% of adults in Kenya, 4% in the Philippines and 2% in Indonesia. In all three nations, more than nine-in-ten say instead that a person must believe in God to be a moral person.

About three-quarters of U.S. atheists (77%) do not believe in God or a higher power  or in a spiritual force of any kind, according to our summer 2023 survey. At the same time, 23% say they do believe in a higher power of some kind, though fewer than 1% of U.S. atheists say they believe in “God as described in the Bible.”

This shows that not all self-described atheists fit the literal definition of “atheist,” which is “a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods,”  according to Merriam-Webster .

Note: This is an update of a post originally published on Nov. 5, 2015. It was last updated Dec. 6, 2019.

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