Citrus Search helps users find an overview of relevant articles in a research field.
Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar searches scientific literature and uses AI to identify relevant papers across fields, with an API for developers.
About Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar is a free web-based research tool for searching scientific literature. It uses AI to understand the semantics of scientific literature and help users discover relevant research. For developers, it offers an API that includes paper search, documentation, and updated stability. It also introduces Semantic Reader in beta, an augmented reader intended to make scientific reading more accessible and contextual, available for select papers.
Key features
- Free AI-powered search of scientific literature
- API with paper search and documentation
- Semantic Reader augmented reading tool in beta
- Supports developer-built scholarly applications
Best for: Researchers looking for an AI-assisted way to search scientific literature, and developers who want to build scholarly applications with its API.
Good for
- Free to use for scientific literature search
- API includes paper search and documentation
- Semantic Reader aims to add context and accessibility to reading
Watch out for
- Semantic Reader is in beta and available only for select papers
Semantic Scholar at a glance
- Website
- semanticscholar.org
- Category
- Research & Data › Academic Papers
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
Semantic Scholar alternatives
Tools and sites you could use instead, ranked by how closely they match.
SciAlert publishes peer-reviewed research through journals and information products across scientific fields.
ChinaRxiv provides English-access research papers from ChinaXiv and other supported sources, including machine-translated papers.
Hugging Face Daily Papers sends trending AI research papers to subscribers by email each day.
IDEAS indexes economics and finance research, including working papers, articles and software code.
OpenAIRE helps users find and share linked research, including scholarly records, software and research data.
Popular in Academic Papers
Well-known listings from the same topic.
PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govGoogle Scholarscholar.google.comNelitineliti.comZooniversezooniverse.orgDBpediadbpedia.orgDataonedataone.org
Semantic Scholar FAQ
Does Semantic Scholar offer an API?
Yes. The site states its API now includes paper search, better documentation, and increased stability.
Is Semantic Reader available for all papers?
No. Semantic Reader is in beta and available for select papers.
Is Semantic Scholar free?
The homepage describes it as a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature.
Is something wrong or out of date?
Tell us and an editor will check it.
Own this website?
Claim this listing
Claim the listing and suggest updates yourself. An editor checks every claim first.