Searches academic papers, showing citation relationships and some AI paper summaries
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Overview
- Purpose
- Searches academic papers, showing citation relationships and some AI paper summaries
- Category
- Office
- Official site
- https://www.semanticscholar.org/ (opens in a new tab)
Main features
- Searches academic literature by topic, paper or author
- Shows a paper's references and citations
- Some papers have AI-generated TLDR summaries
- Organize followed papers in a library
Best for
Suited to initial searches of English-language research, understanding citation relationships between papers, and quickly selecting which ones to read in full.
Things to know
- Not every paper has a TLDR; coverage and publisher full-text access vary
- Summaries and citation relationships do not replace checking the original and its methods
FAQ
- Do all papers have AI summaries?
- No. The official FAQ states TLDRs cover only some fields and papers.
- Can I see related citations?
- You can see the references and citations the platform indexes; results may be incomplete.