Ibero-America’s diamond-open-access library — free to read, free to publish.
At a Glance
| Publisher | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) |
| Coverage | 1,572 journals and nearly 800,000 full-text articles from 755 institutions across 31 countries, with particular depth in the humanities and social sciences |
| Access | free and open, diamond OA (no fees for readers or authors) |
| Regional | a cornerstone of the Latin American, Caribbean, Spanish, and Portuguese open-access ecosystem. |
Our Take
Redalyc, alongside SciELO, is why Latin America runs one of the most equitable open-access ecosystems in the world — diamond OA at scale, funded by universities rather than author fees, with real strength in the humanities and social sciences that the STEM-tilted commercial indexes handle poorly. For Ibero-American social science and humanities research it’s essential, and its data is openly available. It’s regional and discipline-tilted by design, and citation tooling is modest. Use it as a primary source for Latin American social science and humanities; pair it with SciELO for the fullest regional picture.
Power Tips
- For Latin American humanities and social-science topics, search Redalyc directly — the commercial indexes are weakest exactly where Redalyc is strongest
- combine Redalyc and SciELO for near-complete Ibero-American coverage before concluding a regional literature is thin.
Alternatives & Complements
SciELO · DOAJ · Latindex · OpenAlex.
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