Semantic Scholar Ext Tools

Configuration File: semantic_scholar_ext_tools.json Tool Type: Local Tools Count: 4

This page contains all tools defined in the semantic_scholar_ext_tools.json configuration file.

Available Tools

SemanticScholar_get_author (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get detailed profile for a specific author on Semantic Scholar by author ID. Returns name, h-inde…

SemanticScholar_get_author tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: SemanticScholar_get_author

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get detailed profile for a specific author on Semantic Scholar by author ID. Returns name, h-index, citation count, paper count, affiliations, homepage, and optionally their paper list with titles, years, and citation counts. Use SemanticScholar_search_authors first to find the author ID.

Parameters:

  • author_id (string) (required) Semantic Scholar author ID (e.g., ‘1741101’ for Oren Etzioni). Find using SemanticScholar_search_authors.

  • fields (string) (optional) Comma-separated fields: name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations,homepage,papers.title,papers.year,papers.citationCount,papers.paperId

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "SemanticScholar_get_author",
    "arguments": {
        "author_id": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

SemanticScholar_get_paper (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get detailed metadata for a specific paper from Semantic Scholar by paper ID, DOI, PubMed ID, or …

SemanticScholar_get_paper tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: SemanticScholar_get_paper

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get detailed metadata for a specific paper from Semantic Scholar by paper ID, DOI, PubMed ID, or other identifier. Returns title, abstract, authors, citation count, reference count, journal, publication types, open access PDF link, and external IDs (DOI, PubMed, ArXiv, etc.). Identifier formats: Semantic Scholar paper ID (40-char hex), DOI: prefix (e.g., ‘DOI:10.1126/science.1225829’), PMID: prefix (e.g., ‘PMID:22745249’), ArXiv: prefix (e.g., ‘ArXiv:2106.01345’), or CorpusId: prefix. This complements SemanticScholar_search_papers by providing full paper details.

Parameters:

  • paper_id (string) (required) Paper identifier. Supports multiple formats: Semantic Scholar ID (e.g., ‘68d962effe5520777791bd6ec8ffa4b963ba4f38’), DOI (e.g., ‘DOI:10.1126/science.1225829’), PubMed (e.g., ‘PMID:22745249’), ArXiv (e.g., ‘ArXiv:2106.01345’), or CorpusId (e.g., ‘CorpusId:14088426’).

  • fields (string) (optional) Comma-separated list of fields to return. Available: paperId,title,abstract,year,citationCount,referenceCount,openAccessPdf,journal,publicationTypes,externalIds,authors,tldr,publicationDate,venue,fieldsOfStudy. Default returns core fields.

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "SemanticScholar_get_paper",
    "arguments": {
        "paper_id": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

SemanticScholar_get_recommendations (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get paper recommendations from Semantic Scholar for a given paper. Returns papers similar to or r…

SemanticScholar_get_recommendations tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: SemanticScholar_get_recommendations

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get paper recommendations from Semantic Scholar for a given paper. Returns papers similar to or related to the input paper based on Semantic Scholar’s recommendation algorithm. Useful for literature discovery - finding related work that you might have missed. Requires a Semantic Scholar paper ID (40-char hex). Use SemanticScholar_get_paper with DOI: prefix first to get the paper ID if you only have a DOI.

Parameters:

  • paper_id (string) (required) Semantic Scholar paper ID (40-char hex, e.g., ‘68d962effe5520777791bd6ec8ffa4b963ba4f38’). Get this from SemanticScholar_get_paper or SemanticScholar_search_papers.

  • limit (integer) (optional) Number of recommendations to return (default 10, max 500)

  • fields (string) (optional) Comma-separated fields for recommended papers: title,year,citationCount,abstract,authors,externalIds

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "SemanticScholar_get_recommendations",
    "arguments": {
        "paper_id": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

SemanticScholar_search_authors (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Search for researchers/authors on Semantic Scholar by name. Returns author IDs, names, h-index, c…

SemanticScholar_search_authors tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: SemanticScholar_search_authors

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Search for researchers/authors on Semantic Scholar by name. Returns author IDs, names, h-index, citation count, paper count, and affiliations. Use the authorId from results with SemanticScholar_get_author for detailed profiles. Rate limits: 1 req/sec without API key.

Parameters:

  • query (string) (required) Author name to search for (e.g., ‘Jennifer Doudna’, ‘Oren Etzioni’, ‘Yann LeCun’)

  • limit (integer) (optional) Maximum number of results (default 5, max 1000)

  • fields (string) (optional) Comma-separated fields: name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "SemanticScholar_search_authors",
    "arguments": {
        "query": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)