Find Open Access
There are more than 25 million Open Access versions of otherwise “paywalled” scientific articles, however they are often not easy to find.
Open Access Helper is designed to help you get easy access to these documents, with a lot of help from some amazing APIs.
Click below to learn more abou each version:
Open Access
FIND OPEN ACCESS, LEGALLY AND WITH PRIVACY IN MIND
What’s the first thing that comes to mind, when you hear Open Access? Free! No paywalls! That’s right. But it isn’t quite that straight forward, because the path to that free access, is paved with a ton of complicated terminology and a great many different possible access locations.
Open Access Helper is designed to make finding the best Open Access location easy. Whenever my app comes across a DOI, it will query the APIs of unpaywall.org & core.ac.uk to see if an Open Access copy is available elsewhere.
The App is free and Open Source and I have no intention to change that.
When it comes to your privacy, you should not trust just any stranger on the internet! To help you decide for yourself the source code for my apps is available at Github. However, if you have questions, don’t be shy and simply reach out!
While I won’t charge you for using my apps, if you’d want to buy me a cup of tea, I am not going to object…
unpaywall.org
The team behind unpaywall.org started the Open Access browser extension revolution. Learn more at unpaywall.org
core.ac.uk
More Open Access, the search behind the main app & source of Recommendation data! Learn more at core.ac.uk
OpenCitations.net
How often was an article cited? This can help provide additional context. Learn more at opencitations.net
Free & Open
While the app is distributed through the App Store, the code is available at GitHub, so you can review it. Check it out at GitHub.
Tutorial
WATCH A VIDEO
I’ve prepared a number of video tutorials for you – click the buttons below to access them.
Download Today
This app is free and will stay so. Download it for iOS, iPadOS and macOS!
Got questions? info@oahelper.org
