Semantic Scholar
Ai2's free, AI-powered search engine for scientific literature, covering more than 238 million papers, with a public API.
About Semantic Scholar
Finding relevant research across every field of science is hard with general search engines.
Who it’s for
- Researchers and students
- Developers building on scholarly data
When to consider it
Consider Semantic Scholar when you want free paper search, AI summaries and an open API for research data.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- Free to use; it is a research discovery tool, not a full-text library.
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Sources & review method
Documentation-based assessment · Oct 3, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
Checked by SOTA · AI-assisted documentation review. Selection advice is our assessment; verify current requirements for your deployment.
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Semantic Scholar official website
Ai2's free, AI-powered search engine for scientific literature, covering more than 238 million papers, with a public API.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-03. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.