# Semantic Scholar

Source: https://onco.cc/collections/src-semantic-scholar/  
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## TL;DR

Semantic Scholar offers free literature search with machine-generated summaries and citation context.

## Summary

Semantic Scholar is an AI-powered literature search from the Allen Institute for AI, holding citation graphs, machine-generated TL;DR summaries and citation context, with a free and open API. It updates continuously and is free to use. The API is a practical way to enrich person and trial pages with publication lists, and the citation context shows how a paper has been used by later work. On OnCo it is listed as a source with the tags source and data, one of the literature tools behind its people and trial pages.

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Tags: source; data
- URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/
- Holds: AI-powered literature search with citation graphs, TL;DRs, and a free API.
- Licence: Free; open API

## Sources

- Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/

## Connected records

- collections: [PubMed & Europe PMC](https://onco.cc/collections/pubmed-europepmc/)

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