Redalyc

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Ibero-America’s diamond-open-access library — free to read, free to publish.

At a Glance

PublisherUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM)
Coverage1,572 journals and nearly 800,000 full-text articles from 755 institutions across 31 countries, with particular depth in the humanities and social sciences
Accessfree and open, diamond OA (no fees for readers or authors)
Regionala 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.