# Semantic Scholar API

> 3 public methods for Semantic Scholar (semanticscholar.org), each 1 credit per completed run.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Semantic Scholar.

- Page: https://fous.com/methods/semanticscholar.org

## Methods

### [Get researcher impact metrics](https://fous.com/methods/semanticscholar.org/get-author.md)

`semanticscholar.org/get_author`, read. 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

### [Search papers](https://fous.com/methods/semanticscholar.org/search-papers.md)

`semanticscholar.org/search_papers`, read. 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

### [Get paper details](https://fous.com/methods/semanticscholar.org/get-paper.md)

`semanticscholar.org/get_paper`, read. 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