Internet Archive Scholar

Internet Archive
United States of America

About

Launched: 2020
Record Updated: Mar 23, 2026
Digital library, collection or exhibit platform
Digital preservation service
Discovery system
Internet Archive Scholar is a preservation and access service for publicly available, open-access scholarly literature created by the Internet Archive in 2020. It contains over 150 million research articles with full text search and discovery of one 50 million articles. The collection comes from three different forms: OA scholarly articles archived from the public web, digitized print materials, and publications deposited from users and via partnerships with authors, publishers, and indexing and aggregation services.

Mission

Universal Access to All Knowledge

Key Achievements

IA Scholar as of 2025 has over 150 million preserved scholarly outputs, with over 50 million available via full-text search. IA Scholar has integrations with Google Scholar and other access and discovery services and gets over 100,000 users per week.

Technical Attributes

Maintenance Status

Actively Maintained

Open Code Repository

Implemented

Technical Documentation

Implemented

Code License

Implemented

Open API

Implemented

Open Data Statement

Implemented

Technical Attribute Statements

Programming Languages

  • python

Technology Readiness Level

  • Actual system proven in operational environment

Code Licenses Used

  • GNU General Public License (GPL)

Standards

Metadata

  • JSON
  • KBART

Persistent Identifier

DOI, pmid, pmcid, arxiv, dblp, doaj, fatcat

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Implemented

Community Statements

Community Engagement Activities

  • Annual meetings
  • Blogs
  • Conference participation
  • Mailing lists and discussion forums (including Slack)
  • Staff roles with responsibility for community engagement
  • User research
  • Webinars and training

Engagement with Values Frameworks

  • Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)

Policies & Governance

Governance Summary

Internet Archive Scholar is an initiative of Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Policies

Privacy Policy

Implemented

Web Accessibility Statement

In Progress

Governance Records

In Progress

Governance Structure & Processes

Implemented

Policy Statements

Board Structure

  • Advisory board or steering committee

Board Level

  • Provider

Community Governance

  • Ad hoc

Additional Information

Organizational History

https://archive.org/about/

Organizational Structure

Business or Ownership Model

Non-profit organization

Full-time Staff

More than 20

Volunteers

More than 20

Non-profit Status

501(c)3

Current Affiliations

Many (though not all) are listed here, https://archive.org/about/

Funding

Primary Funding Source

  • Contributions

Financial Reporting Level

  • Provider