OpenScholar-Web Plans
Search scholarly literature, read abstracts and open legally available research without a subscription. Scholar adds expanded organization, monitoring, publication management and export tools.
Free
For researchers who want powerful literature discovery and a lightweight research workspace.
No payment required.
Scholar
For researchers who need a larger literature workspace, continuous monitoring and professional publication management.
Or ₹1,999 per year
Annual billing offers better value.
Scholar is a recurring subscription. Monthly plans renew at ₹199 each month and annual plans renew at ₹1,999 each year unless cancelled.
Cancellation can be scheduled for the end of the current billing period, so Scholar access continues until that period ends. Payments are processed securely by Razorpay.
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Plan Comparison
Core research discovery remains accessible on both plans. Scholar expands the research-management tools around discovery.
| Feature | Free | Scholar |
|---|---|---|
| Research search | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Read abstracts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Open DOI / source | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Open-access full text | Available | Available |
| Saved papers | 100 | 1,000 |
| Collections | 3 | 50 |
| Research notes | 10 | 500 |
| Active research alerts | 2 | 25 |
| Researcher profile | Basic profile | Full profile tools |
| Publication Manager | View record | Full curation |
| Add missing publications | — | Included |
| Hide / restore records | — | Included |
| Edit curated publications | — | Included |
| Bulk publication export | — | Included |
| CSV export | — | Included |
| BibTeX / RIS export | — | Included |
| JSON / text export | — | Included |
Open Research
OpenScholar-Web does not charge researchers for searching scholarly metadata or opening legally available open-access research. Scholar pricing applies to additional organization, storage, monitoring, curation and productivity capabilities.
Fair Use
Scholar limits are designed to support normal and intensive academic workflows while keeping infrastructure and service costs sustainable.
Simple Pricing
A researcher can use OpenScholar-Web for discovery without purchasing Scholar. Upgrading becomes useful when the researcher needs a larger personal library, more collections, more alerts, publication curation or professional bulk-export capabilities.