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Where our metadata comes from

PubEd.org is an independent nonprofit education-research library. Records displayed here are aggregated from publicly available, open scholarly sources. This page documents those sources and clarifies our non-affiliation with every organization referenced on the site.

Open data sources

Bibliographic metadata, DOIs, abstracts, author records, and open-access indicators are derived from the following public services in accordance with their terms of use.

  • CrossRef

    DOIs, citation metadata, and bibliographic records for scholarly works.

  • OpenAlex

    Open catalog of scholarly papers, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts.

  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Open-access journal directory used to identify freely available scholarship.

  • ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

    Publicly available education-research bibliographic database maintained by the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences.

  • ORCID

    Persistent researcher identifiers for author disambiguation.

  • Unpaywall

    Open index of legally available full-text versions of scholarly articles.

Referenced organizations

The following universities, government agencies, and professional organizations may appear on PubEd.org because they publish or fund research indexed in our open sources, or because their publicly available frameworks and standards informed our taxonomy. Their names are used descriptively for attribution only.

Harvard Graduate School of EducationStanford Graduate School of EducationUCL Institute of EducationOECDAERA (American Educational Research Association)Vanderbilt Peabody CollegeUniversity of Michigan School of EducationOISE at the University of TorontoNCTQ (National Council on Teacher Quality)U.S. Institute of Education SciencesU.S. National Library of Medicine / PubMed®MEDLINE

Institution, journal, publisher, funder, and agency names shown above identify publicly available sources only. Their inclusion does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or review by those organizations. All marks remain the property of their respective owners.

Non-affiliation notice

PubEd.org is an independent nonprofit organization. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or reviewed by any of the universities, government agencies, professional organizations, journals, publishers, or research institutions referenced on this site, including but not limited to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PubMed®, MEDLINE, and the organizations listed above.

References to these organizations identify publicly available research, frameworks, standards, or publications that informed aspects of this platform. All names, marks, and logos remain the property of their respective owners. Any inaccuracy in attribution is unintentional and will be corrected on request via the submission form.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

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PubEd.org is an independent nonprofit organization and open education-research library. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PubMed®, MEDLINE, or any government agency. References to universities, government agencies, professional organizations, and research institutions identify publicly available research, frameworks, standards, or publications that informed aspects of this platform. Such references do not imply affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or review by those institutions. Names and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

Indexed metadata is aggregated from open scholarly sources including CrossRef, OpenAlex, and public repositories. Record counts and institution names are provided for informational context only. PubEd.org makes no claim of ownership over third-party metadata or abstracts.

Last updated: July 3, 2026