Search academic papers, authors, and citations with detailed metadata using the Semantic Scholar API, supporting queries, paper details, author profiles, and...
# 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
```json
{
"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
## Related Skills
- [sci-data-extractor](../sci-data-extractor/) - Extract data from scientific paper PDFs
- [pubmed-search-skill](../pubmed-search-skill/) - Search biomedical literature on PubMed
- [sci-hub-search-skill](../sci-hub-search-skill/) - Download papers from Sci-Hub
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