Semantic Scholar
by Allen Institute for AI
Free, AI-powered search engine for academic literature.
About
Semantic Scholar indexes hundreds of millions of academic papers and uses AI to surface relevant and influential work, with one-line paper summaries, citation graphs and research feeds.
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Useful features
- Search across 200 million+ papers
- One-line paper summaries
- Citation graphs
- Research feeds and alerts
Good for
- Finding papers
- Following a research area
- Tracing citations
Pricing
Free. Free to use. An open API is available for research use.
Why it’s an editor’s pick
Research: Free academic search from the non-profit Allen Institute for AI.
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