JSTOR
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What both publish
| Fact | JSTOR | SSRN |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | LinkedIn lists JSTOR’s founding year as 1995. | 1994 |
| Purpose | JSTOR is an interactive research and learning platform with primary and secondary sources across more than 70 disciplines. | SSRN is an open research platform for sharing early-stage research and connecting scholars across academic disciplines. |
| Search | The platform offers advanced search and discovery with filters for content type, subject and other metadata. | Advanced Search offers fuzzy and Boolean search modes, with title, abstract, keyword, full-text, and author search options. |
JSTOR plans
- Read onlyFree
- JPASS Monthly$19.50 a month
- JPASS Annual$199 a year
- JPASS Yearly$199 a year
- Institutional accessPriced on request
SSRN plans
- SSRN preprint platformFree
Pick JSTOR if…
JSTOR suits students, educators, librarians, and researchers looking for multidisciplinary scholarly content. It may also fit people who need tools to organize and annotate research materials.
Pick SSRN if…
SSRN suits researchers seeking multidisciplinary early-stage work, as well as scholars who want to share papers or search research by topic, author, or other fields.