Semantic Scholar

Retrieve detailed information about an author from Semantic Scholar, including name, affiliations, publication statistics (paperCount, citationCount, h-index), external IDs (ORCID, DBLP), and optionally papers. By default returns authorId and name only. Use 'fields' parameter for additional data: name, url, affiliatio…

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieves a list of papers authored or co-authored by a specific researcher identified by their unique Semantic Scholar author ID. This endpoint is particularly useful for conducting literature reviews, analyzing an author's body of work, or tracking a researcher's publications over time. It provides a comprehensive v…

Untrusted display-only summary

Examples: https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b Returns a paper with its paperId and title. https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b?fields=url,year,authors Returns the paper's paperId, url, year, and list of authors. Each…

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieves the list of authors for a specific paper identified by its unique paper_id in the Semantic Scholar database. This endpoint returns detailed author information including authorId and name (returned by default), and optionally: url, affiliations, homepage, paperCount, citationCount, hIndex, and papers (with su…

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieves a list of citations for a specific academic paper using its unique Semantic Scholar paper ID. This endpoint is useful for researchers and developers who want to explore the impact and connections of a particular academic work within the broader scientific literature. It provides information about other paper…

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieves the list of references cited by a specific paper in the Semantic Scholar database. This endpoint allows users to explore the scholarly context of a publication by accessing its bibliography. It's particularly useful for understanding the foundation of a paper's research, tracing the development of ideas, or…

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to get download links for a specific dataset within a release. Use when you need to download Semantic Scholar dataset files from S3. Returns pre-signed URLs for all dataset partitions.

Untrusted display-only summary

Get download links for incremental diffs between dataset releases. Returns a list of diffs required to update a dataset from start_release to end_release, enabling efficient dataset synchronization. Use when you need to update a local dataset copy without re-downloading the entire dataset.

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieves detailed information for multiple authors from Semantic Scholar in a single API call. This endpoint allows users to efficiently fetch data for a batch of authors by providing their unique Semantic Scholar IDs. It's particularly useful for applications that need to gather information on multiple authors simul…

Untrusted display-only summary

Retrieve detailed information for multiple academic papers in a single API call using the Semantic Scholar paper batch endpoint. This endpoint efficiently fetches data for up to 500 papers at once, significantly reducing the number of individual API requests needed. Key features: - Accepts multiple paper ID formats (S…

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to get paper recommendations based on positive and negative example papers. Use when you need to find papers similar to ones you like (positive examples) and optionally dissimilar to ones you don't like (negative examples). The recommendation engine analyzes the provided examples and returns relevant papers from…

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to get recommended papers for a single positive example paper. Use when you need to find papers similar to a given paper based on Semantic Scholar's recommendation algorithm.

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific Semantic Scholar dataset release. Returns release information including available datasets with their descriptions. Use when you need to discover what datasets are available in a release or get release documentation.

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to list all available dataset releases from Semantic Scholar. Use when you need to discover available release dates for downloading datasets.

Untrusted display-only summary

DEPRECATED: Use SEMANTICSCHOLAR_SEARCH_PAPERS instead. The SearchPapers endpoint allows users to search for academic papers within the Semantic Scholar database. It provides a powerful way to discover relevant scientific literature based on user-defined search criteria. This endpoint should be used when researchers, s…

Untrusted display-only summary

Behaves similarly to /paper/search , but is intended for retrieval of a single paper based on closest title match to given query. Examples: https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/search/match?query=Construction of the Literature Graph in Semantic Scholar Returns a single paper that is the closest title match.…

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to perform bulk search for academic papers. Intended for bulk retrieval of basic paper data without search relevance scoring. Use when you need to retrieve large sets of papers with optional text filtering and various criteria. Supports token-based pagination for efficient fetching of up to 10 million papers (use…

Untrusted display-only summary

Search for academic authors in the Semantic Scholar database by name. This action searches for authors using plain-text name queries. The search is case-insensitive and supports partial name matches (e.g., "Smith" will match "John Smith", "Adam Smith", etc.). Use cases: - Find authors by their name to get their author…

Untrusted display-only summary

Tool to search for academic papers by relevance in the Semantic Scholar database. Use when searching for papers on specific topics, keywords, or research areas. Returns papers ordered by relevance score with support for extensive filtering by publication type, date, venue, field of study, and citation metrics.

Untrusted display-only summary

Get autocomplete suggestions for paper queries. Returns a list of papers matching the partial query string, useful for interactive search experiences. Each suggestion includes the paper ID, title, and authors with publication year. Example: For query "machine learning", returns papers like "Machine learning - a probab…

Untrusted display-only summary

Search for text snippets (~500 words) within academic papers that match your natural language query. Returns relevant excerpts from papers' titles, abstracts, and body text, ranked by relevance score. Each result includes: snippet text, location in paper, citation references, and paper metadata (title, authors, corpus…

Untrusted display-only summary