J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature. Launched in 2001 by Informatics India Limited, J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online offered by 9159 Publishers. It presently has a massive database of journal literature, indexed from 27986 e-journals with links to full text at publisher sites. J-Gate also plans to support online subscription to journals, electronic document delivery, archiving and other related services.
Currently, J-Gate offers two types of products/services:
J-Gate Portal: | ||
Table of Contents (TOC) | – | For 27986 e-journals. |
Database | – | A comprehensive searchable database with 30084067 articles, with 4,000+ articles added every day. |
J-Gate Customized Services: | ||
J-Gate Custom Content (JCC) | – | Local Intranet/Internet solution to libraries, providing e-access for subscribed journals. |
J-Gate Custom Content for Consortia (JCCC) | – | JCC extended to a homogeneous group of libraries for sharing “subscribed” journal resources. |
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Truly e-journal portal
J-Gate excludes journals that are not available online. -
Portal with largest number of e-journals
As an e-journal portal, J-Gate presently hosts content from 27986 e-journals. -
Access to 2776 e-only-journals
J-Gate provides access to 2776 online-only journals, which are not available in print. -
10283 open-access online journals
Captures and indexes articles from more than 10283 open-access e-journals and maintains links to them. -
Links to 4527919 open-access articles
Provides links to over 4527919 open-access articles. -
Full-text link to largest number of publisher sites
Presently links to e-journals from 9159 publishers. -
Union List linkage
This useful feature enables a J-Gate subscriber to check the availability of journals in local libraries. -
Customization features
J-Gate Custom Content (JCC) and J-Gate Custom Content for Consortia (JCCC) are Intranet solutions offering customization, making J-Gate a local gateway for subscribed journals. -
Constant updating
The J-Gate site is updated every day, ensuring the freshness and reliability of content. -
Comprehensive journal classification
Three level hierarchical classification of journals is available. -
Easy-to-use search functionalities
TOC and Database allows various search options for the user’s convenience. The subscriber can choose to search by Title, Author, Authors’ Address/Institution, Keywords, etc.
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J-Gate TOC (Table of Contents)
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27986 e-journals (as of 20 April, 2012)
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Browse TOC by Journals, Publishers and Subject Categories.
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TOC for all journals is available in an uniform browsable format.
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Basic bibliographic data with abstracts (where available).
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Author address and e-mail where available.
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Link to full-text (both open-access and subscription).
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Link to Union List for finding availability.
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Daily updating.
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J-Gate Database
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J-Gate Database consists of more extensive and comprehensive content than TOC.
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Classification on three levels of subject category.
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Subject-wise indexing.
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Search by Title, Author, Subject Categories, Keywords, Year and any combination of these.
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Provides basic bibliographic data with abstracts (where available).
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Author Address and e-mail where available.
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Link to full-text (both open-access and subscription).
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Link to Union List for finding availability.
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Daily updating with progressive accumulation.
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J-Gate Custom Content (JCC)
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A local Intranet/Internet solution.
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Provides TOC and Database services customized to all the journals subscribed by the client.
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Customized J-Gate software is installed at clients’ premises.
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Weekly delivery of TOC and Database Content.
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JCC for Consortia (JCCC)
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JCCC service is for a homogeneous group of clients who wish to share resources.
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JCCC software is installed at each client site.
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Common TOC and Database services for journals subscribed by all the clients which have formed a consortium. Content is mirrored in each participating library.
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Link to Union List for resource sharing. E-mail request for article photocopies can be sent directly by users while browsing articles/abstracts, to any chosen library participating in the consortium.
Scholarly and Technical publishers, as well as specific, mutual agreement driven partnerships with key publishers have been a major support and strength for J-Gate. A few of our current publisher partners actively participating in J-Gate include:
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Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center(AIRCC)
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Academy Publisher (AP)
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Annual Reviews
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Aspen
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Ashdin Publishing
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Baywood
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Blackwell
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Cabi-Extenza
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California Press
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Bentham
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Cabi-Ingenta
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Maney
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ip Publishing
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OECD
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Co Action Publishing
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CS Canada(Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture / Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures)
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CSIRO
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CUP
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Edinburgh University Press(EUP)
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers(ESSP)
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European Geosciences Union(EGU)
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Future Science Group(FSG))
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Hart Publishing
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Hindawi
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Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
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IOS Press
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Institute of Physics Publishing(IOP)
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International Union of Crystallography(IUC)
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Institution of Engineering and Technology(IET)
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences(INFORMS)
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Jstore
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MDPI Publishing
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Medknow
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Neilson Journals Publishing
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OMICS Publishing Group
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Oxford University Press(OUP)
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Royal Irish Academy(RIA)
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Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics(SIAM)
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Scientific Research Publishing, Inc
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Springer Verlag
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Taylor & Francis
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Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
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Thomas Telford
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Trans Tech Publications(TTP)
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Wageningen Academic Publishers(WAP)
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG(WALTER)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Besides these partners whose titles are specially promoted through J-Gate, J-Gate as a portal also covers content from thousands of e-journal publishers from all over the world.
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7-days/24 hours access.
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High-speed in-house Internet infrastructure.
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Content capturing and conversion system with high automation ensures high quality content aggregation.
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In-house software development team.
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Safe and reliable high-capacity storage system for content storage.