deprecation Archives - Open Access Helper

Deprecating core.ac.uk Discover API support in the next release of Open Access Helper

By cwolfPosted on May 23, 2026Posted in General, Open Access HelperTagged CORE Discover, core.ac.uk, deprecation

With the next release of Open Access Helper, I will be deprecating support for the core.ac.uk Discover API. First, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank the team at CORE for building and maintaining such an impressive open infrastructure for scholarly communication. Their dedication to open access and their support over the past […]

Deprecating CORE Recommender Support

By cwolfPosted on April 26, 2026Posted in General, Open Access Helper, Release Notes (Chrome, Firefox), Release Notes (iOS), Release Notes (macOS)Tagged core.ac.uk, deprecation, recommender

I am planning to deprecate support for the CORE Recommender in a future version of Open Access Helper. A word on CORE Before I get to the why, I want to say: CORE is doing important work. core.ac.uk aggregates millions of open access research papers and makes them freely available. Their infrastructure supports researchers, repositories, […]