Finding Quantitative Finance Research and Academic Publications
Summary
The document is a categorized directory of online sources for finding quantitative finance research and related publications. It covers platforms that let readers search, view, or download papers; indexing services that can help locate open versions; a citation context tool for discovering related work; repositories for theses and dissertations; and a browser extension for locating article PDFs. The examples span general scholarly databases and subject focused sources, including economics, risk, and quantitative finance collections.
The directory notes that coverage, access, and review status vary: some services are free or open access, some require subscriptions, and search results may include non peer reviewed work or publications in other languages. The list is explicitly non exhaustive, and some entries provide only discovery rather than full text access. It helps researchers choose places to search, but does not assess source quality, compare search results, or provide research on trading methods itself.
Key ideas
- Research sources can be grouped by full text access, indexing, citation discovery, theses, and other tools.
- Some services provide open access material, while others include paywalled content or require subscriptions.
- Search results may include non peer reviewed research and publications in languages beyond English.
- Indexing tools can help locate available versions even when they do not host full text.
- The directory is non exhaustive and does not evaluate the quality of individual sources.
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# Online sources for quantitative finance research # Online sources for quantitative finance research What are the sources one can search for or view / download research articles and other publications on quantitative finance in addition to the Internet search engines? ## Answer by Alper (score 11, accepted) https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/73854 Below are some of the sources one can use to search for and view or download research articles and other publications on quantitative finance (QF). Many include non-peer-reviewed articles in their search results. Most carry or index articles in languages other than English. The list of sources for any category is not meant to be exhaustive. Sources are sorted semi-alphabetically within each category. For a wider list of sources that may or may not cover quantitative finance, see Wikipedia’s “List of academic databases and search engines”. Only sources that can be accessed over the Internet are included. The curator or owner for each source, whenever available, as well as the requirement for a paid subscription are mentioned. Some of the sources may require a paid subscription for enhanced services even though their basic services are free. Most sources offer services, free or otherwise, in addition to those mentioned below. #### Search and view or download: (multi-disciplinary) - arXiv: Articles in science, finance, engineering, and economics. Features a section on quantitative finance. (Community-curated, Cornell Univ. sponsored) - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Open access articles only. (Community-curated) - Internet Archive Scholar: Research articles and other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive. (The Internet Archive, non-profit) - Journal Storage (JSTOR): Open access and paywalled articles and books. (Ithaca, non-profit). - Social Science Research Network (SSRN): Preprint and early research articles platform. Obviously non-peer-reviewed. (Elsevier) - EBSCO Essentials. Paid platform. Limited number of open access articles. Can search both paywalled and open access articles but can only view open access without subscription. (EBSCO Information Services) - J-Gate: Paid platform for research articles. (Informatics India) - Taylor & Francis Online: Paid platform. Limited number of open access articles. Can search both paywalled and open access articles but can only view open access without subscription. (Information UK) (subject specialized) - Research Papers in Economics (RePEc): Articles in economics and related areas. (Sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, non-profit) - Risk.net: Paid platform. Website for the Risk magazine. Articles and news on risk management, derivatives, and regulation. (Infopro Digital Risk) #### Search and indexing: - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): Search for open access and paywalled articles. May provide external link to download an article if an open access version exists. (Bielefeld University, non-profit) - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Search for open access articles with links to download. (Community-curated, non-profit) - doi: Search for any article bearing a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) using its DOI. (International DOI Foundation) #### Connection discovery tools: - Scite_: Paid platform with a free basic version. Helps find articles through evaluations that display the contexts of its citations. Allows uploading of an article PDF to check references. (Scite) #### Doctoral dissertations and graduate theses: - DART-Europe E-Theses Portal: Dissertations and theses from European universities. (University of Central London, non-profit) - EBSCO Open Dissertations: Dissertations from US universities. (EBSCO and BiblioLabs) - E-Theses Online Service (EThOS): Dissertations from UK universities. (British Library, non-profit) - Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD): Dissertations and theses from universities around the world. (non-profit) - The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD): Dissertations and theses in English from US and other universities. (NDLTD, non-profit) #### Other tools: - EndNoteClick (Kopernio): Browser (Chrome) extension for finding PDF of any article. (Clarivate) #### Blogs: #### Books:
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