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Semantic Scholar
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Semantic Scholar

AI-powered academic research engine

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freeintermediateVerifiedSince 2015-11
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About Semantic Scholar

Semantic Scholar is an AI-powered research tool that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature. It uses natural language processing to extract key information from papers and provide relevant recommendations.

Developed by the Allen Institute for AI, it indexes over 200 million academic papers across all fields of science.

Platforms
Web
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researchersStudents
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Capabilities & Features

Free Tier
API Access
No Signup Required
Web Search
Open SourceWorks OfflineCustomizableMultimodalVoice InputImage InputImage OutputVideo InputVideo OutputAudio OutputFile UploadCode ExecutionPluginsMemoryCollaborationWhite LabelSelf-HostableBrowser Extension

Common Use Cases

1

research

2

summarization

Pricing Modelfree

Free Plan

Full access to all features

Paid Plan

N/A

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Pros & Cons

Massive paper index

AI-powered recommendations

Free access

Limited to academic papers

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