Semantic Scholar is a free AI-powered research tool developed by the Allen Institute for AI that indexes over 200 million academic papers. It uses AI to extract key concepts, find related research, and provide paper summaries.
Category
Research
Subcategory
Academic Research
Free Tier
Completely free
Paid Plans
Not available yet
API Cost
Not available yet
Web AppAPI
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Region
United States (privacy policy states: 'Your information will be stored and processed by Ai2 in the United States,' with Standard Contractual Clauses / Data Privacy Framework safeguards for EEA transfers)
Self-hostable
No
Free academic paper search and discoveryFinding highly cited research in a fieldAI-generated paper summaries (TLDR)Citation graph explorationResearch API for building academic tools
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