AI4S Semantic Scholar

Academic paper search plugin powered by ai4scholar.net API for Dify platform.

Author: ai4scholar
Repository: dify-plugin-ai4s-semantic-scholar

English Documentation | 中文文档

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Overview

• Plugin Type: Tool Plugin (Python)
• Tools: 11 tools (Paper Search / Paper Details / Paper Analysis / Author Search)
• Output: text (Markdown format)

This plugin wraps the Semantic Scholar API via ai4scholar.net proxy, providing stable service with unified credit billing.

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Configuration (Provider Credentials)

After installing the plugin in Dify, configure the following credentials:

Credential	Required	Description
	✅ Yes	Your ai4scholar.net API Key

Get API Key: Visit ai4scholar.net to register and obtain your API key.

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Tools

Paper Search

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Semantic Search ()		Search papers by relevance using natural language
Title Search ()		Search papers by exact or partial title
Bulk Search ()		Execute multiple search queries at once

Paper Details

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Paper Detail ()		Get detailed information for a single paper
Multiple Papers Detail ()		Get details for multiple papers at once

Paper Analysis

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Paper Recommendations ()		Get recommended papers based on a given paper
Paper Citations ()		Get papers that cite the given paper
Paper References ()		Get reference papers of the given paper

Author Search

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Author Search ()		Search authors and get publication statistics
Author Detail ()		Get author details (h-index, citation count, etc.)
Author Papers ()		Get papers published by an author

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Parameters

Semantic Search

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
	string	✅	Natural language search query
	number	❌	Number of results (1-100, default 10)
	string	❌	Year filter (e.g., "2020", "2020-2024")
	string	❌	Field of study filter
	boolean	❌	Only return open access papers

Paper Detail

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
	string	✅	Paper ID (supports S2 ID, DOI, arXiv ID)
	boolean	❌	Include citing papers
	boolean	❌	Include reference papers

Paper Recommendations / Citations / References

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
	string	✅	Paper ID (supports S2 ID, DOI, arXiv ID)
	number	❌	Number of results (default 10-20)

Author Search

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
	string	✅	Author name
	number	❌	Number of results (1-20, default 5)

Author Detail / Author Papers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
	string	✅	Semantic Scholar author ID
	number	❌	Number of results (for author_papers only)

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Credits

Each API call consumes 1 credit. Batch operations are charged per actual API call.

To get more credits, visit ai4scholar.net.

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Links

• ai4scholar.net - API Service
• Semantic Scholar API Docs
• Dify Plugin Documentation

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Support

• GitHub Issues: Report a bug or request a feature
• WeChat: literaf
• Website: ai4scholar.net

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License

MIT License