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Semantic Scholar

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The best free discovery engine for academics; the TLDR feature lets you scan 50 papers in minutes.

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Overview

Developed by the Allen Institute for AI, this is a free academic search engine with 200M+ papers. It uses AI to provide TLDR summaries, citation graphs, and research feeds.

Pricing

Completely free.

Pros

  • +Completely free
  • +AI-powered TLDR summaries
  • +Powerful citation graph visualization
  • +Research feed alerts

Cons

  • -Discovery only, no analysis
  • -Cannot extract data like Elicit
  • -UI can be overwhelming
  • -No clinical focus
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Score Breakdown

Pricing Transparency20/20
Free Tier15/15
API Support10/15
Update Frequency12/15
Unique Factor11/15
Documentation8/10
Community9/10
85/100
Overall Score

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