The story
Founded by Petr Knoth in 2011.1
Private company
CORE (Connecting Repositories)
Logo: CORE , Petr Knoth, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
UK research service in The Open University
CORE (Connecting Repositories) is a global open access indexing service developed at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of The Open University, United Kingdom. It indexes metadata and full text content from institutional and subject repositories, as well as open access and hybrid journals, to provide access to scholarly works.2 It was founded by Petr Knoth.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
2011Founded1
- Websitecore.ac.uk
- Slogan“The world’s largest collection of open access research papers”1
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CORE (Connecting Repositories) is a global open access indexing service developed at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of The Open University, United Kingdom. It indexes metadata and full text content from institutional and subject repositories, as well as open access and hybrid journals, to provide access to scholarly works.2
Leadership
Who has led CORE (Connecting Repositories), and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderPetr Knoth1
Products and brands
- open-access journal
- open-access repository
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2011Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitecore.ac.uk1
- X (Twitter)x.com/oacore1
- WikipediaCORE (research service)
- WikidataQ22661180
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsCORE (Connecting Repositories) logo by CORE , Petr Knoth, CC BY 4.0