It is academic search infrastructure, covering many papers with abstracts, authors, citations and references, which makes tracing origins easy. It does not generate answers, only structured literature data, so it pairs well with other tools. Abstracts and full text differ, so read the paper for methods and data; the API has limits on batch queries, and large pulls should pace requests as documented.
What it does
- Paper metadata and abstract search
- Citations and references layer by layer
- Narrow by author, institution or year
- Open API for batch literature data
- Linked to open access resources
Who it is for
- Mapping citations outward from one paper
- Pulling literature metadata in bulk for analysis
- Finding the origin paper for a concept
- Needing a literature data source for a research tool
How to get started
- Locate one core paper by title or author
- Follow citations and references one layer each
- Read the API docs before bulk pulls and pace requests
