INDEXING & DISCOVERY SERVICES
Comprehensive listing of databases, directories, portals, and repositories
DATABASES & AGGREGATORS
EBSCOhost – Research Databases INDEXED
EBSCOhost is one of the world's leading academic research platforms, bringing together journals, books, and databases across multiple fields of knowledge. Indexation in EBSCOhost broadens the international visibility of scientific publications, attesting to editorial quality and promoting global access to knowledge produced by researchers, faculty, and academic institutions.
Gale – Cengage Learning INDEXED
Gale Academic OneFile, part of the Gale Learning platform, provides access to peer-reviewed academic journals, newspapers, and primary sources across multiple disciplines. Indexation in this database expands the dissemination of scholarly content, fostering international visibility, research support, and integration with libraries and educational institutions worldwide.
Dimensions – Digital Science
Dimensions is a global research platform that connects scholarly publications, funding data, patents, clinical trials, and impact metrics. Its integration with diverse types of academic output enhances visibility and citation tracking. Indexation in Dimensions strengthens a journal's global presence and facilitates impact analysis and scientific collaboration.
Scilit (MDPI)
Scilit is an academic database maintained by MDPI that indexes scholarly articles in real time from trusted sources. It offers broad multidisciplinary coverage and enables citation, author, and publication tracking, expanding the visibility of open access journals on a global scale.
SEARCH ENGINES & DISCOVERY PORTALS
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is an academic search platform that provides access to scholarly literature across multiple disciplines, including articles, theses, books, abstracts, and other documents. Free and widely used, the service facilitates discovery and citation tracking, broadening the visibility and impact of scientific publications on a global scale.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex is an open academic data platform that maps authors, institutions, journals, works, and citations. A modern successor to Microsoft Academic, it provides a transparent and accessible infrastructure for tracking global scholarly output, expanding the reach and impact analysis of academic publications.
BASE – Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) is one of the world's largest academic search engines, providing access to over 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources. Operated by the University of Bielefeld Library in Germany, it promotes broad visibility of open access scholarly content, contributing to the global dissemination of academic knowledge.
CAPES Journal Portal (Portal de Periódicos CAPES)
The CAPES Journal Portal provides access to high-quality international scholarly content for Brazilian teaching and research institutions. Presence on the portal broadens the distribution and recognition of publications, fostering the integration of national science with the world's largest academic collections.
OASISBR
OASISBR is a Brazilian open access search engine that integrates academic and scientific content from teaching and research institutions across the country. It provides multidisciplinary access to theses, dissertations, articles, and other materials, promoting the visibility of national scholarly output and strengthening open science through interoperability among institutional repositories.
OpenAIRE
OpenAIRE is an initiative funded by the European Union through the Horizon 2020 program, aimed at promoting open science. The platform provides transparent access to scientific outputs such as articles, data, and research projects, enabling their discovery, reuse, and assessment by the academic community, strengthening the visibility and impact of science in Europe and worldwide.
DIRECTORIES & INDEXES
LATINDEX
Latindex is a cooperative information system that provides editorial and bibliographic data on scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal, promoting regional visibility and quality assessment of academic publications.
ROAD – Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
ROAD provides access to the ISSN Register with key identification data on scholarly open access resources published in over 100 countries, contributing to the transparency and traceability of open access journals.
ERIHPLUS
ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences) enhances the global visibility of high-quality research in the Humanities and Social Sciences published in diverse European languages. The index values linguistic and cultural diversity in scholarly output, promoting the integration of academic journals into the international research landscape.
MIAR – Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals
MIAR is a platform that compiles data for the identification and analysis of scientific journals, indicating which databases each journal is indexed in. The tool assists researchers, librarians, and editors in evaluating the visibility and international presence of publications, promoting greater transparency and reliability in the academic editorial landscape.
REDIB – Ibero-American Network of Innovation and Scientific Knowledge
REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico) aggregates scientific and academic content from the Ibero-American region, promoting the international visibility of scholarly output. The platform facilitates open access to articles, journals, and other resources, connecting researchers and institutions from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal in a network of knowledge and scientific innovation.
LatinREV – FLACSO Argentina
LatinREV is the cooperative network of academic journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Latin America and the Caribbean, coordinated by FLACSO Argentina. Its mission is to strengthen regional scientific communication and increase publication visibility, promoting open access and collaboration among journals and Ibero-American researchers.
Diadorim – IBICT
Diadorim is a Brazilian service that provides information on the editorial policies of scientific journals regarding article archiving and open access in digital repositories. Integrated with the SciELO system and the CAPES Journal Portal, Diadorim guides authors and editors on archiving permissions, strengthening open science in Brazil.
LivRE – Brazilian Open Access Journals Catalog
LivRE is an open access journals catalog covering all fields of knowledge. The initiative promotes visibility, free access, and the democratization of scholarly output, bringing together journals committed to open science and best editorial practices in both the Brazilian and international academic landscape.
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
EZB (Electronic Journals Library) provides access to over 66,000 scientific journals, many of which are freely available to the public. Managed by academic libraries in Germany, EZB facilitates open access to knowledge, promoting the visibility of scholarly publications and supporting the dissemination of academic information at an international level.
SCIENTIFIC REPOSITORIES & NETWORKS
WorldCat – OCLC
WorldCat is the world's largest global union catalog of library collections, expanding international discovery, cataloging, and accessibility of journals, books, and other scholarly resources across thousands of libraries worldwide.
EduCAPES – Open Educational Resources
EduCAPES is an open digital repository maintained by CAPES (Brazil) that provides access to scientific, educational, and technical materials. The platform enhances the dissemination, preservation, and visibility of academic resources, supporting open access to knowledge and fostering collaboration within the global scholarly community.
ResearchGate – Academic Social Network
ResearchGate is an international academic social network for scientific dissemination, publication curation, and broadening reach among researchers. It connects over 25 million scientists worldwide, enabling sharing, discussion, and collaboration on research outputs.
Miguilim – IBICT
Miguilim is a catalog maintained by IBICT that brings together Brazilian open access scientific journals. The initiative aims to strengthen open science, increase the visibility of national scholarly output, and support best editorial practices, promoting interoperability among systems and integration with academic directories and repositories.
OUCI – Open Ukrainian Citation Index
OUCI is an open citation index developed by the National Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine, which aggregates scientific journals and enables citation tracking and bibliometric metrics. The platform promotes open science, broadens the visibility and accessibility of scholarly publications, and connects academic journals to the international research ecosystem.
IDENTIFICATION & INTEROPERABILITY
Crossref – DOI Registration Agency
Crossref is a nonprofit organization that provides Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for academic publications, ensuring the persistence, traceability, and interoperability of scholarly content. Indexation in Crossref ensures greater visibility and integrity of publication records, facilitating citation and access to content across global research platforms.
Last Updated: May 2026 | Total Indexing Sources: 25