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OpenAlex vs Research Square

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re close.

OpenAlex

OpenAlex is a free, open bibliographic database that indexes scholarly works along with their authors, institutions, journals and topics. It can be searched through a web app, an API and bulk data downloads.

Research Square

Research Square is a preprint server where researchers post moderated but not peer-reviewed manuscripts across scientific and medical fields. It also sells author services such as manuscript editing and research summary videos.

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Audience
Smaller site
Smaller site
Trackers on the homepage
fewer
  • Third-party embeds: Google Fonts
  • Privacy-friendly analytics: Plausible
  • Tag manager: Google Tag Manager
  • Privacy-friendly analytics: Cloudflare Web Analytics
Ad trackers
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Cookie banner
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Prices
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Open positions
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