Is Semantic Scholar still around? (2026)
Yes. Semantic Scholar is live and reachable, price-verified as of Sep 8, 2026.
Held steady at $0/mo the whole tracked window (19 days).
Reachable 100% of 19 tracked days.
First-party daily snapshots. One reading per day, grows over time.
What Semantic Scholar is
What sets it apart nonprofit and fully free, and powers other tools' data
Best for free scholarly search and an open API · Pricing model Free for individuals; open API is free with rate limits
Semantic Scholar is a free academic search engine from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, launched in 2015. It offers AI generated TLDR summaries, citation context, and an open API widely used by other research tools. Several commercial assistants, including Consensus, build on its paper corpus.
Sources semanticscholar.org · semanticscholar.org · en.wikipedia.org
The fine print, checked
What the free plan really caps, whether your data can leave, and how cancelling works. Each fact read on Semantic Scholar's own pages, linked below.
The Semantic Scholar API is free to use. Public unauthenticated users share a limit of 1000 requests per second, and a free API key gives an introductory rate of 1 request per second on all endpoints.
Semantic Scholar · checked Aug 1, 2026
Every paper has a Cite button that exports the citation in BibTeX, MLA, APA or Chicago, and you can download an EndNote .enw file. Papers saved to your Library can also be bulk-selected and exported after signing in.
Semantic Scholar · checked Aug 1, 2026
Semantic Scholar is free and run by the non-profit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), so there is no paid subscription to cancel.
Semantic Scholar · checked Aug 1, 2026
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