Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API

Accelerate scientific progress with the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API

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Description:

Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. It provides a reliable source of scholarly data for developers to build projects that accelerate scientific progress. The API is organized into the following services: Academic Graph, Recommendations, Datasets, and Conference Peer Review. With the Academic Graph service, developers can access data about authors, papers, citations, venues, SPECTER2 embeddings, and more. The Recommendations service provides recommended papers similar to a given paper. The Datasets service provides downloadable links of datasets in the academic graph. The Conference Peer Review service provides utilities to help conference organizers with the problem of assigning reviewers to conference submissions.

For Tasks:

find scientific publications explore research data get recommendations for papers assign reviewers to conference submissions build projects that accelerate scientific progress

For Jobs:

research scientist data scientist software engineer librarian conference organizer

Features

Access to a comprehensive academic graph with data about authors, papers, citations, venues, and more
Ability to find and explore scientific publication data
Personalized recommendations for papers based on a learned model of user interests
Utilities to help conference organizers with the problem of assigning reviewers to conference submissions
Free and open access to the API and datasets

Advantages

Enables developers to build projects that accelerate scientific progress
Provides a reliable source of scholarly data
Easy to use and well-documented API
Personalized recommendations for papers
Utilities to help conference organizers with the problem of assigning reviewers to conference submissions

Disadvantages

May require authentication for certain endpoints and services
Rate limits may apply for unauthenticated users
May not be suitable for all research needs

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:Do I need an API key?

A:Most Semantic Scholar endpoints are available to the public without authentication, with each unauthenticated IP limited to 1 request per second. However, certain endpoints and the conference peer review service require authentication via an API key.
Q:How do I get an API key?

A:You can request a key via the request form. You will receive your private API key via email.
Q:What is the rate limit for unauthenticated users?

A:Unauthenticated users are limited to 1 request per second.
Q:What is the rate limit for authenticated users?

A:Authenticated users with API keys have access to higher rate limits.
Q:What is the cost of using the API?

A:The API is free to use.