PhilPapers
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
PhilPapers provides a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy, including journals, books, and open access archives, and hosts the largest open access archive in philosophy.
Target Customer
Philosophers, researchers, students, publishers, and academic institutions involved in philosophy; includes registered users and publisher-focused resources.
Key Differentiator
Largest open access archive in philosophy; vast coverage with 2,952,600+ entries across 6,132 categories; multi-source monitoring (journals, books, OA archives); hosted by the Centre for Consciousness at ANU; offers an API and publisher resources.
Implementation Timeline
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Pain Points
- 1Difficulty locating philosophy literature across multiple journals, books, and archives
- 2Limited access to open access philosophy content in a centralized place
- 3Managing and tracking relevant items and new publications across categories
Key Features
- 1Comprehensive index of philosophy from journals, books, and open access archives
- 2Open access archive hosting and centralized discovery
- 3Advanced search with multiple operators and filters
- 4Personal page tracking and bibliography management
- 5Publisher resources and API access
Target Customer Industries
Decision Makers
- 1General Editor
- 2Area Editor
- 3Editor
Client Results
- 1Faster discovery of philosophy literature across sources
- 2Access to the largest open access philosophy archive
- 3Extensive, well-organized indexing (nearly 3 million entries) enabling precise searches
Competitive Advantages
- 1Largest open access archive in philosophy
- 2Multi-source coverage (journals, books, OA archives) in one platform
- 3Extensive categorization (thousands of categories) and a large user base (over 400,000 registered users)
- 4Editorial governance with a dedicated editorial team and APIs for integration
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers, monitoring journals, books, and open access archives; it also hosts the largest open access archive in philosophy.
Target Market
Academic philosophers, researchers, students, librarians, and publishers involved in philosophy
Unique Value Proposition
A centralized, highly searchable hub for philosophy research that aggregates multiple sources (journals, books, OA archives) with a global editorial framework and developer/API access
Technical Requirements
Web-based platform requiring account for personalized features; uses cookies and Google Analytics; API available for developers; some features require sign-in
Pricing Model
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