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Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
Well-adopted AI research assistant for finding papers, summarizing, and extracting data at scale.
AI research workspace that drafts full academic papers with verified inline citations from up to 500 uploaded sources in a single prompt.
Gamified platform to learn 20+ programming languages via interactive lessons, a browser playground and an AI tutor.
AI-personalized online A Level and GCSE courses for UK students, backed by an A*/A grade guarantee or money back.
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- ✦AI-powered semantic search across 236M+ papers
- ✦Semantic Reader for augmented, contextual paper reading
- ✦Free public API for paper search and metadata
- ✦Author and topic discovery
- ✦Citation graph exploration
- ✦Beta program for new features
- ✦AI-enabled systematic reviews
- ✦Research reports
- ✦Upload your own PDFs
- ✦Quick summaries
- ✦Source quotes
- ✦Question answering
- ✦Full document drafting from one prompt
- ✦Automated literature search via Semantic Scholar
- ✦Import and cite up to 500 uploaded papers
- ✦Inline citation verification
- ✦Export to PDF, Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX
- ✦Overleaf integration for manual editing
- ✦Zotero and Mendeley library import
- ✦Interactive lessons in 20+ languages
- ✦Browser playground to run code with no setup
- ✦AI tutor that explains and debugs code
- ✦Shareable completion certifications
- ✦Cheat sheets, docs and developer tools
- ✦Team/business training option
- ✦Interactive video lessons mapped to specific exam boards
- ✦AI diagnostic algorithm for personalized revision
- ✦Detailed progress tracking across the curriculum
- ✦Guided exam-question walkthroughs
- ✦24/7 online tutor support via chat
- ✦A*/A grade guarantee with money-back policy
- ✦3-day free trial with no payment details required
- →Researchers searching scientific literature across disciplines
- →Developers building applications on top of scholarly data via the API
- →Students exploring citation networks for a topic
- →Librarians and academics needing free literature discovery tools
- →Speeding up literature reviews
- →Automating systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- →Learning about new domains
- →Data extraction in rigorous systematic literature reviews
- →Researchers producing a literature review quickly
- →Students drafting long papers with verified citations
- →Academics writing in a non-native language
- →Exporting AI-drafted content into LaTeX workflows
- →Learning to code from scratch
- →Practicing a new programming language
- →Getting instant AI help while coding
- →Earning certificates to share
- →Onboarding and training engineering teams
- →A Level students preparing for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, or Cambridge International exams
- →GCSE students studying Combined Science
- →Students wanting AI-personalized revision instead of generic textbooks
- →Schools looking to boost student attainment with a supplementary platform