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// > **AI-Powered Academic Paper Search Tool** - Search academic papers through Semantic Scholar
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Semantic Scholar Search
AI-Powered Academic Paper Search Tool - Search academic papers through Semantic Scholar
Description
Search for academic papers, get detailed paper information, author profiles, and citation data through Semantic Scholar API. This skill provides comprehensive academic literature search capabilities with rich metadata extraction.
Features
- Paper Search: Search papers by keywords, titles, or authors
- Paper Details: Get detailed information including abstract, authors, citations
- Author Profiles: Retrieve author information, publication count, h-index
- Citation Analysis: Get citations and references for any paper
- Rich Metadata: Access venue, publication type, citation counts
- JSON Output: Export results in JSON format for further processing
Usage
/semantic-scholar-search Search for papers about "deep learning in computer vision"
/semantic-scholar-search Get details for paper ID "10.1038/nature12373"
/semantic-scholar-search Find author information for author ID "1741101"
/semantic-scholar-search Get citations and references for paper "10.1038/nature12373"
Examples
Search Papers
/semantic-scholar-search Find papers about "transformer architecture in natural language processing"
Get Paper Details
/semantic-scholar-search Get detailed information for paper with ID "10.1038/nature12373"
Get Author Profile
/semantic-scholar-search Get author profile for author ID "1741101"
Citation Analysis
/semantic-scholar-search Show citations and references for paper "10.1038/nature12373"
Command Reference
search
Search for papers on Semantic Scholar.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--query | Search query string |
--results | Number of results (default: 10) |
--output | Output file path |
--format | Output format: console, json |
paper
Get detailed information about a specific paper.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--paper-id | Paper ID or DOI (required) |
--output | Output file path |
--format | Output format: console, json |
author
Get author details and statistics.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--author-id | Author ID (required) |
--output | Output file path |
--format | Output format: console, json |
citations
Get citations and references for a paper.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--paper-id | Paper ID or DOI (required) |
--limit | Number of citations/references to return (default: 10) |
--output | Output file path |
--format | Output format: console, json |
Output Format
Console Output
标题: Attention Is All You Need
作者: Vaswani, A., et al.
年份: 2017
引用数: 50000+
会议: NeurIPS
摘要: This paper proposes the Transformer architecture...
JSON Format
{
"paperId": "10.1038/nature12373",
"title": "Paper Title",
"abstract": "Paper abstract...",
"year": "2020",
"authors": [{"name": "Author Name", "authorId": "12345"}],
"citationCount": 150,
"venue": "Nature",
"url": "https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/..."
}
Notes
- Semantic Scholar API is free and doesn't require authentication
- You can use DOI as paper ID (e.g., "10.1038/nature12373")
- Search results are ranked by relevance
- Citation counts are updated regularly
- Some papers may not have abstracts available
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