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Semantic Scholar

Free AI-powered academic search engine from the Allen Institute for AI with paper summaries, citation graphs, and alerts. Semantic Scholar indexes millions of open-access and publisher-linked papers.

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How it works / How to use

Free AI-powered academic search engine from the Allen Institute for AI with paper summaries, citation graphs, and alerts. Semantic Scholar indexes millions of open-access and publisher-linked papers.

  1. Enter your research question in Semantic Scholar.
  2. Specify scope (time range, domain, paper types) and output format.
  3. Open cited sources to verify claims before using them in writing.
  4. Save or export the reading list or summary for your workflow.

How to prompt

Citation counts and AI summaries help prioritize seminal papers quickly.

Search Semantic Scholar for highly cited papers on graph neural networks for drug discovery since 2019.

Best output tips

  • Narrow date ranges and domains to reduce noise.
  • Open primary sources behind every important claim.
  • Export bibliographies instead of copying unattributed text.
  • Verify current plans and limits on the official Semantic Scholar website.

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Semantic Scholar

Free AI-powered academic search engine from the Allen Institute for AI with paper summaries, citation graphs, and alerts. Semantic Scholar indexes millions of open-access and publisher-linked papers.

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Key Features

API

api workflow (www.semanticscholar.org).

Ideas / Prompt experiences

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Example prompt

Find influential papers

Prompt

Search Semantic Scholar for highly cited papers on graph neural networks for drug discovery since 2019.

Short explanation

Citation counts and AI summaries help prioritize seminal papers quickly.

Example prompt

Set research alerts

Prompt

Create alerts for new papers matching 'retrieval augmented generation evaluation benchmarks'.

Short explanation

Alerts automate staying current in fast-moving research areas.

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