Alternatives and competitors
Sites like pnas.org
The 20 closest academic journal publishing alternatives to pnas.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to pnas.org? The closest matches are Nature, Science and frontiersin.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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- Query
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01 · Entity
About pnas.org
pnas.org
Wikidata: academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences
Summary by Claude
Website of PNAS, the peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal of the US National Academy of Sciences, publishing original research articles, reviews, commentaries and letters across the sciences.
- Who it’s for
- Scientists, researchers and academic libraries
- Business model
- Subscriptions and article publication fees
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to pnas.org’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to pnas.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to pnas.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read pnas.org’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Very close cos 0.931 - 02
academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Very close cos 0.928 - 03
Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals
Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.
Very close cos 0.913 - 04
EurekAlert! Science News Releases
EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
- Font Awesome
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Fonts
Very close cos 0.913 - 05
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.
Very close cos 0.908 - 06
ScienceDirect
journal
Very close cos 0.904 - 07 Very close cos 0.902
- 08
Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Very close cos 0.905 - 09
peer-reviewed medical journal
Very close cos 0.902 - 10 Very close cos 0.900
- 11
Client Challenge
global publishing company
Very close cos 0.903 - 12
Leading the future of open science publishing - PLOS
Discover how we are transforming scholarly publishing with a mission-driven commitment to open science, research integrity, and innovation that benefits researchers, institutions, and society worldwide.
Very close cos 0.900 - 13
Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations
- Google Search Console
- Apache HTTP Server
- Google Ad Manager
- Google AdSense
- Google Analytics
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.900 - 14
De Gruyter Brill
De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence
Very close cos 0.897 - 15
publisher of open-access scientific journals
Very close cos 0.894 - 16
arXiv.org e-Print archive
online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers
Very close cos 0.895 - 17
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.896 - 18
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
- Google Search Console
- Amazon CloudFront
- GlobalSign
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.896 - 19
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication
Close cos 0.894 - 20
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.896
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to pnas.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones pnas.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What pnas.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56307fc2bca62c8-HAM
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 ip4:65.156.0.0/23 include:sendgrid.net ~all
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS saanvi.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=xzMG9SIQIFMkhMg-z1FoxTcDa1owuddQERNtSrl-NQc
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what pnas.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on pnas.org 12/20
- Cloudflare 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on pnas.org 8/20
- Atlassian · not on pnas.org 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on pnas.org 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on pnas.org 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on pnas.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS 6/20
- Mailchimp · not on pnas.org 5/20
- Salesforce · not on pnas.org 5/20
- Fastly · not on pnas.org 4/20
- OneTrust · not on pnas.org 4/20
- Proofpoint · not on pnas.org 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on pnas.org 4/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on pnas.org 4/20