Is There is Any Open Access Research Aggregator That Has RSS?

Open Access Aggregators with RSS

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is mentioned as a major database containing over 12,500 peer-reviewed open access journals[1]. While not explicitly stated in the search results, DOAJ is a primary aggregator for open access content.

PubMed Central (PMC) hosts both fully open access articles and articles from hybrid journals[1]. The search results indicate that you can set up RSS feeds for PubMed searches[4], which would include open access content available through PMC.

Academic RSS Solutions

Comprehensive Journal RSS Collections are available through repositories like the GitHub project "science-journal-feeds," which contains over 4,700 RSS feeds from academic and scientific journals[6]. This collection includes feeds from major publishers like Springer, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group, PLOS, and others[6].

General Academic Search Platforms offer RSS capabilities:

Google Scholar can be used to set up alerts for specific keywords or authors[7]
Feedly is recommended as an RSS reader that can aggregate multiple academic sources[2][5]
Inoreader offers advanced features for academic users, including permanent archiving and search capabilities within RSS feeds[5]

Specialized Tools

Institutional Solutions like Browzine use institutional credentials to subscribe users to journals and send notifications for new papers and issues[7]. This tool integrates with reference managers like Zotero and Mendeley.

arXiv provides both an API and RSS feeds for preprint content, which represents a significant portion of open access research in certain fields[4].

Limitations

The search results reveal some challenges with academic RSS feeds:

Some publishers have discontinued RSS feeds (Cambridge University Press is specifically mentioned)[6]
RSS feeds from certain databases like ScienceDirect can be "malformed" and send daily spam[4]
EBSCOhost RSS feeds expire annually[4]

Alternative Approaches

For tracking open access research specifically, you might consider:

Setting up custom searches in open access repositories with email alerts
Using social media platforms like Twitter, where "major and mid-range journals have their own twitter account"[7]
Utilizing reference managers like Mendeley that recommend new articles based on your existing database[7]

While there isn't a single comprehensive open access research aggregator with RSS, combining multiple sources through an RSS reader like Feedly or Inoreader can provide effective coverage of open access literature across various platforms and repositories.

Sources [1] Open access - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access [2] Alerts & RSS Feeds for Websites - Organizing Research & Citations https://resources.nu.edu/organize_research/alerts-rss [3] Subscribing to RSS feeds - Ingenta Connect https://www.ingentaconnect.com/about/researchers/subscribing_to_rss_feeds [4] RSS feeds to follow specific researchers? : r/AskAcademia - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/8quxa1/rss_feeds_to_follow_specific_researchers/ [5] The 3 best free RSS reader apps in 2025 - Zapier https://zapier.com/blog/best-rss-feed-reader-apps/ [6] GitHub - sg-s/science-journal-feeds: The biggest publicly available list of RSS feeds from scientific/academic journals https://github.com/sg-s/science-journal-feeds [7] Is there something like an RSS feed or aggregator for new issues of ... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/77y7io/is_there_something_like_an_rss_feed_or_aggregator/ [8] RSS feeds | Development | The Company of Biologists https://journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/rss [9] Create Your Own Research News Feed: Feed Readers https://libguides.udayton.edu/RSS/feedreaders [10] Inoreader – Build your own newsfeed https://www.inoreader.com/ [11] Cobra: Content-based Filtering and Aggregation of Blogs and {RSS} Feeds https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi-07/cobra-content-based-filtering-and-aggregation-blogs-and-rss-feeds

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Check out OpenAIRE (openaire.eu) - they aggregate open access research and have RSS feeds for saved searches. I've been using it for my research and it's pretty decent. another good option is BASE (base-search.net) which also offers RSS for search results.
- Thank you a lot, I am going to check them out and try to setup a Feed to use.
Open Access Aggregators with RSS
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is mentioned as a major database containing over 12,500 peer-reviewed open access journals[1]. While not explicitly stated in the search results, DOAJ is a primary aggregator for open access content.
PubMed Central (PMC) hosts both fully open access articles and articles from hybrid journals[1]. The search results indicate that you can set up RSS feeds for PubMed searches[4], which would include open access content available through PMC.
Academic RSS Solutions
Comprehensive Journal RSS Collections are available through repositories like the GitHub project "science-journal-feeds," which contains over 4,700 RSS feeds from academic and scientific journals[6]. This collection includes feeds from major publishers like Springer, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group, PLOS, and others[6].
General Academic Search Platforms offer RSS capabilities:
Google Scholar can be used to set up alerts for specific keywords or authors[7]
Feedly is recommended as an RSS reader that can aggregate multiple academic sources[2][5]
Inoreader offers advanced features for academic users, including permanent archiving and search capabilities within RSS feeds[5]
Specialized Tools
Institutional Solutions like Browzine use institutional credentials to subscribe users to journals and send notifications for new papers and issues[7]. This tool integrates with reference managers like Zotero and Mendeley.
arXiv provides both an API and RSS feeds for preprint content, which represents a significant portion of open access research in certain fields[4].
Limitations
The search results reveal some challenges with academic RSS feeds:
Some publishers have discontinued RSS feeds (Cambridge University Press is specifically mentioned)[6]
RSS feeds from certain databases like ScienceDirect can be "malformed" and send daily spam[4]
EBSCOhost RSS feeds expire annually[4]
Alternative Approaches
For tracking open access research specifically, you might consider:
Setting up custom searches in open access repositories with email alerts
Using social media platforms like Twitter, where "major and mid-range journals have their own twitter account"[7]
Utilizing reference managers like Mendeley that recommend new articles based on your existing database[7]
While there isn't a single comprehensive open access research aggregator with RSS, combining multiple sources through an RSS reader like Feedly or Inoreader can provide effective coverage of open access literature across various platforms and repositories.
Sources [1] Open access - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access [2] Alerts & RSS Feeds for Websites - Organizing Research & Citations https://resources.nu.edu/organize_research/alerts-rss [3] Subscribing to RSS feeds - Ingenta Connect https://www.ingentaconnect.com/about/researchers/subscribing_to_rss_feeds [4] RSS feeds to follow specific researchers? : r/AskAcademia - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/8quxa1/rss_feeds_to_follow_specific_researchers/ [5] The 3 best free RSS reader apps in 2025 - Zapier https://zapier.com/blog/best-rss-feed-reader-apps/ [6] GitHub - sg-s/science-journal-feeds: The biggest publicly available list of RSS feeds from scientific/academic journals https://github.com/sg-s/science-journal-feeds [7] Is there something like an RSS feed or aggregator for new issues of ... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/77y7io/is_there_something_like_an_rss_feed_or_aggregator/ [8] RSS feeds | Development | The Company of Biologists https://journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/rss [9] Create Your Own Research News Feed: Feed Readers https://libguides.udayton.edu/RSS/feedreaders [10] Inoreader – Build your own newsfeed https://www.inoreader.com/ [11] Cobra: Content-based Filtering and Aggregation of Blogs and {RSS} Feeds https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi-07/cobra-content-based-filtering-and-aggregation-blogs-and-rss-feeds