# Google Scholar (جوجل سكولار)

> Google Scholar is accessible in Syria, as of 2026-07-17.

- Status: accessible
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Google](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/google.md)
- Categories: Search Engines, Academic Resources
- Official site: https://scholar.google.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/google-scholar

## About

Search engine for scholarly articles, theses, patents, and academic literature

## Activity summary

Accessible in Syria across all Syrian ISPs, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. The main page loaded fully, standard paper search and the new AI-powered Scholar Labs worked, and the tester reached their own profile with edit access using a verified Syrian university email. No outreach was needed.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-02 — Verified. Community testing confirmed that Google Scholar is fully accessible from Syria across all Syrian ISPs. The main page at scholar.google.com loads completely, standard paper search returns results normally, and the new AI-powered Scholar Labs feature is functional. The tester also confirmed full access to their own Google Scholar profile — including a published paper and edit privileges — using a verified Tishreen University email (@tishreen.edu.sy). Testing was conducted from a Syrian IP on Ubuntu Linux with Firefox. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/sx2ooih0m5brhrpwb7fohoq5/jc23tnzf3efut990cdvkpmrn-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/sl5b6dekb6csq8qn5z9xd4js/xqvvczat8rqb1xi4q3k6o7ad-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/we9m3fze8shixerp7h19s641/pbh4f1yftol6rttkzhw2ao58-screen-3.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/k4m8accm6tu6l0nm9sr13pck/x2u4qy54fkqk44a4ifj0kld8-screen-4.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/google-scholar?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/google-scholar/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/google-scholar
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/google-scholar.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/google-scholar.md