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Semantic Scholar

Semantic Scholar is a free AI-powered academic search engine and research discovery tool from Ai2.

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PricingFree
Starting priceFree
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceNo
DeploymentCloud
Last verifiedJune 21, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

Semantic Scholar is listed under Research AI tools.

Summary

What is Semantic Scholar?

Semantic Scholar helps researchers discover scientific literature, read AI-generated TLDRs, explore papers and authors, and access scholarly metadata through the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API and datasets.

Best fit

Best for

Researchers Students Developers Academic librarians Research tool builders

Audience

Who is it for?

ResearchersStudentsDevelopersEducatorsLibrarians
Capabilities

Key features

Free academic search

AI-powered paper discovery

TLDR summaries

Author and citation data

Academic Graph API

Datasets

Browser-based research workflows

Workflows

Use cases

Finding academic papers

Exploring scientific literature

Looking up authors

Building research tools with API

Accessing citation metadata

Discovering related research

Strengths

Pros

  • Free research search engine Academic Graph API available Backed by Ai2
  • Useful for researchers and developers
Considerations

Cons

  • No mobile app according to FAQ API rate limits and terms apply Not an editorial review or claim-validation service
Considerations

Limitations

Does not endorse claims in papers Coverage depends on indexed scholarly content API access has license terms and rate limits

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFree
Starting priceFree
Free planYes
Free trialYes
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Compatibility

Supported languages

English

Connectivity

Integrations

Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API

Datasets

Research tools

Specs

Technical details

Platformsweb api
Multilingual supportUnknown
Login requiredNo
Open sourceNo
LicenseProprietary / API license terms
DeploymentCloud
CompanyAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Current versionContinuous cloud service
Models / versionsSemantic Scholar / S2AG API
Editions / plansFree web search Academic Graph API Datasets
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedJune 21, 2026
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Semantic Scholar helps researchers discover scientific literature, read AI-generated TLDRs, explore papers and authors, and access scholarly metadata through the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API and datasets.
Researchers Students Developers Academic librarians Research tool builders
The listed pricing model for Semantic Scholar is Free. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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