Semantic Scholar

Semantic Scholar is a free AI-powered research tool that helps scholars find and read relevant scientific papers. The tool, developed at the Allen Institute for AI, uses artificial intelligence and engineering techniques to give you a better understanding of scientific papers. With Semantic Scholar, you can search more than 219 million papers across all of science, which is why it's a great tool for researchers.

Here are some of its features:

• Search: Papers can be filtered by journals, conferences, authors, publication types and date ranges. Many papers have brief summaries (TLDRs) to help you evaluate them more quickly.
• Cite: You can cite papers in various citation formats, including BibTex, MLA, APA and Chicago.
• Library: You can organize papers into folders, create AI-powered research feeds and share folders with collaborators.
• Research Feeds: You can subscribe to papers that Semantic Scholar recommends based on your library and ratings.
• Alerts: You can set up automated email alerts for new citations and papers.
• Research Dashboard: You can see all your research activity, including recommended papers and alerts.
• Topics: You can explore AI-created definitions, papers and related topics in Computer Science.
• Ask This Paper: You can ask questions about papers and get AI-created answers with supporting statements.

The tool is geared for researchers who want to keep up with the latest developments in their field. Semantic Scholar's AI-based features can help you cut through the clutter of research, finding papers and following up on ones that interest you. Although it's geared for academic use, its open resources, like the Academic Graph API, can be useful to developers who want to incorporate scientific data into their projects.

Semantic Scholar is free to use, with no pricing tiers or subscription requirements. That makes it a good option for researchers and developers. The service is still developing, with new features like Semantic Reader, an augmented reading application, and improvements to its API, so expect a better experience for users.

Published on June 14, 2024