Screenshot of ScienceOpen
Latest screenshot: 2024-07-20
Access to search interface:
open
Last major interface update:
N/A
Owner of search system:
ScienceOpen, Inc.
Location of system headquarters:
Berlin, DE
Year of launch:
2014
Type:
Digital library
X-Handle:
Description of search system (by system owner)

ScienceOpen is a discovery platform with interactive features for scholars to enhance their research in the open, make an impact, and receive credit for it. We provide context building services for publishers, to bring researchers closer to the content than ever before. Our advanced search and discovery functions, combined with post-publication peer review, recommendation, social sharing, and collection-building features make ScienceOpen the only research platform you’ll ever need.

Total coverage:
76.31M
Year-over-year growth (2020-2021):
-40.85%
Subject coverage:
Multidisciplinary
Retrospective coverage:
1500–2024
Record types:
8
Open Access records:
7.40M / 9.69%

Search functionality and interface

Systematic keyword searching:
limited 
Backward citation searching:
limited 
Forward citation searching:
limited 
Query builder:
Search history:
Match preview:
Sorting options:
7

Query

Latency with short query:
0.85 seconds
Latency with long query:
0.98 seconds
Controlled vocabulary:
Field codes:
16
Full text search:
Search string length (narrow):
4000 terms max.
Search string length (wide):
2000 terms max.
Language support: Chinese:
Language support: Cyrillic:
Truncation:
Wildcards:
Keyword position irrelevant:
Longer strings, fewer hits:
Automatic query expansion (stemming):
Verbatim queries:
Reproducible queries (time):
Reproducible queries (locations):

Operators

Search operators:
3
Boolean 'OR':
Boolean 'AND':
Boolean 'NOT':
Proximity operator:
Boolean works exact:
Nested search (parentheses):

Citation search / filtering

Record type filters:
8
Results filters:
12
Suggested related records:
Supported by bibliometric tools:
N/A
Backward citation information:
Backward citation score:
31.17%
Forward citation information:
Forward citation score:
15.28%

Retrieval

Number of accessible records:
N/A
Bulk select records:
Bulk export records:
200
Export formats:
3
API:
no 
Bulk select records' backward citations:
Bulk export backward citations:
200
Bulk select records' forward citations:
Bulk export forward citations:
200
Pinned databases 0/6
Trusted by
JKU LinzUniversität Innsbruck
Funded by
FWF