Science & Math · head-to-head
inspirehep.net vs SHARE
INSPIRE-HEP is the high-energy physics community's literature database, covering papers, authors, institutions, and citation graphs going back decades. Its REST API returns JSON records for literature, author, and conference searches and is fully keyless, with no registration or rate-limit tier to opt into.
SHARE (now internally rebranded "trove", version 26.0.0 as of this check) is the Center for Open Science's free aggregator of metadata about research and scholarly activity, pulling in tens of millions of records from sources like CrossRef and OSF and re-indexing them for keyless search. Its v2 API exposes an Elasticsearch-backed search endpoint plus RSS and Atom feeds, all reachable with no registration.
| inspirehep.net | SHARE | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON, RSS, Atom |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
SHARE supports 3 response formats, while inspirehep.net offers fewer — pick SHARE for more integration flexibility.