Semantic Scholar records 8,198,672 monthly visits with +5.8% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. SurfMind - Smarter Browsing records 0 monthly visits with — growth and Free pricing.
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
Find any page you've visited or bookmarked by describing it, not its URL
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | semanticscholar.org | chromewebstore.google.com |
| Pricing Model | Free | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 8.2M (8,198,672) | 0 (0) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +450.65K (+5.8%) | 0 (—) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (22.9%) | 🌐 Global (—) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.88M | 0 |
| User Rating | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Browser Extension |
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
Search 241 million-plus publications from every scientific field using natural-language queries that match meaning rather than exact keywords.
Each indexed paper gets a one-sentence machine-generated TLDR so you can triage results before committing to reading the full text.
An augmented PDF reader that highlights citations, definitions, equations and figures inline, and shows which later papers cited the passage you are reading.
See how a paper was cited, whether citations were influential, and which references shaped the work — useful for literature reviews and citation chasing.
Find any page you've visited or bookmarked by describing it, not its URL
Query your history and bookmarks with a topic, phrase or rough memory instead of an exact URL or page title.
Visited pages and bookmarks are indexed as vector embeddings, so fuzzy queries still surface the right article or page.
Find saved pages by what they are about rather than hunting through folders and titles.
Pair two browsers with a single code to move history and bookmarks across machines — no login or account required.
SpecialistBroader real-time web search capabilities with academic filters, but less specialized for deep bibliographic citation analysis than Semantic Scholar.
SpecialistBroader real-time web search capabilities with academic filters, but less specialized for deep bibliographic citation analysis than Semantic Scholar.
Synthesizes direct evidence-based answers from scientific papers, but has a less comprehensive raw database than Semantic Scholar.
Synthesizes direct evidence-based answers from scientific papers, but has a less comprehensive raw database than Semantic Scholar.
Offers an immersive AI reading and PDF analysis workspace, but is less focused on pure bibliographic search.
Offers an immersive AI reading and PDF analysis workspace, but is less focused on pure bibliographic search.
Excels at automated systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but indexes a narrower slice of literature.
Excels at automated systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but indexes a narrower slice of literature.
The AI browser that reads between your tabs
SpecialistProvides advanced Smart Citations showing how papers support or dispute each other, but has a smaller overall index.
SpecialistProvides advanced Smart Citations showing how papers support or dispute each other, but has a smaller overall index.
SpecialistFeatures excellent visual citation collections and literature tracking recommendations, but lacks inline paper summarization features.
SpecialistFeatures excellent visual citation collections and literature tracking recommendations, but lacks inline paper summarization features.
SpecialistOffers superior visual graph mapping of academic paper connections, but lacks traditional keyword search and full-text reading tools.
SpecialistOffers superior visual graph mapping of academic paper connections, but lacks traditional keyword search and full-text reading tools.
The agentic AI browser that reads your tabs, files, and screenshots as context
The agentic AI browser that reads your tabs, files, and screenshots as context
One browser agent that combines every major AI model with web automation
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
Organize, search and export your AI chats across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok
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