Semantic Scholar
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
Semantic Scholar provides an AI-powered research tool that helps scholars discover relevant scientific literature and enhance their research capabilities.
Target Customer
Researchers, developers building scholarly apps, and academic institutions
Key Differentiator
Semantic Scholar is unique due to its use of AI to understand the semantics of scientific literature and its offering of an API for developers to build scholarly applications.
Implementation Timeline
Implementation and value realization can be immediate for users accessing the online platform and API
Pain Points
- 1Difficulty in discovering relevant scientific literature due to the vast amount of available papers
- 2Need for efficient tools to filter and access scientific data
- 3Desire for a reliable and robust API to support scholarly applications
Key Features
- 1AI-powered search tool for scientific literature
- 2Semantic Reader for enhanced reading and contextual understanding
- 3Comprehensive API providing data on authors, papers, and citations
- 4Access to a vast corpus of over 214 million papers
- 5Tools for developers including tutorials and documentation for API use
Target Customer Industries
Decision Makers
- 1Co-founder and CTO
- 2Founder
- 3Co-Owner
Client Results
- 1Facilitated faster paper discovery and integration for scholarly applications
- 2Improved user experience for academic referencing and research
Competitive Advantages
- 1Free access to an extensive and continuously updating academic corpus
- 2AI-enhanced capabilities for semantic understanding of literature
- 3Comprehensive and easy-to-use API with extensive documentation and support
Key Benefits
Case Studies & Success Stories
Connected Papers
Built on top of the Semantic Scholar Open Corpus and APIs to provide paper discovery and search capabilities, supporting growth to a million users.
Sourcely
Migrated to the Semantic Scholar API to provide academic references to students, enhancing user experience by incorporating additional metadata.
Additional Product Information
Product Description
An AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, offering search and API services to enhance scholarly research.
Target Market
Academic researchers, developers in the educational and scientific sectors
Unique Value Proposition
Semantic Scholar provides a free and AI-enhanced platform for accessing and understanding a vast array of scientific literature, supported by a robust API for developers.
Technical Requirements
API access may require an API key for higher rate limits
Pricing Model
The platform and many of its features are available for free, with certain API endpoints requiring an API key for enhanced usage rates.
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