Wispar is a user-friendly and privacy-friendly Android/iOS app that seamlessly searches scientific journals and articles using the Crossref API. Stay updated on your preferred journals by following them and receive new article abstracts in your main feed. No account required. The integration of Unpaywall ensures convenient access to open-access articles, while EZproxy helps overcome subscription barriers.
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- Search and follow journals
- Search for articles and save the queries for easy access later
- Download articles for offline access *
- EZproxy and Unpaywall integration
- Send articles to Zotero
- Share articles
- Deep links
- Export/Import the database
- Filters
- Get downloads working for more publishers
Wispar uses Weblate to manage translations. You can find the hosted instance at https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/wispar/
A huge thank you to Weblate for hosting the translations for free ❤️.
Translation status:
- There are many ways you can contribute to improving Wispar—and it's not just about writing code!
- You can help translate Wispar into your language by using our hosted Weblate instance.
- Additionally, providing feedback and reporting bugs are invaluable ways to contribute!
If you run into any issue while using Wispar, have a question or want to share your feedback, please open an issue here : https://github.com/Scriptbash/Wispar/issues
Q: The journal subjects are missing or are incorrect
A: This is a problem with the Crossref API that originates from Scopus. The subjects metadata from Crossref may be removed in the future though according to this thread.
Q: My institution's EZproxy URL is missing or is incorrect
A: If you can view the list of proxies correctly in the app but notice that your institution is missing or has an incorrect URL, please report the issue to the EZproxy-db by opening a new issue in their repository. Otherwise, please open a new issue in Wispar's repository.
