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Semantic Scholar API

Semantic Scholar (semanticscholar.org) has 3 public methods: get researcher impact metrics, search papers and get paper details. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

3

  • Get researcher impact metrics

    Finds a Semantic Scholar author by name (optionally limited to a listed institution), picks the best-cited matching profile and returns their impact metrics and up to 10 most-cited papers.

    Returns name, affiliations, homepage, paper count, total citations, h-index, author page, top papers, author ID

    Readsemanticscholar.org/get_author

  • Search papers

    Searches Semantic Scholar for research papers in relevance order, with field of study, year range and open-access filters, returning AI one-sentence summaries, citations and free PDF links when available.

    Returns title, authors, year, venue, citations, summary, free PDF link, paper link

    Readsemanticscholar.org/search_papers

  • Get paper details

    Finds a paper on Semantic Scholar by title, DOI or Semantic Scholar link and returns its abstract, one-sentence summary, authors, publication details, citation counts and a free PDF link when there is one.

    Returns title, abstract, TLDR, authors, year, publication date, venue, fields of study, citation counts, free PDF link, DOI, Semantic Scholar link

    Readsemanticscholar.org/get_paper