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
api_key	✅ 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 (semantic_search)	GET /graph/v1/paper/search	Search papers by relevance using natural language
Title Search (title_search)	GET /graph/v1/paper/search/match	Search papers by exact or partial title
Bulk Search (bulk_search)	GET /graph/v1/paper/search/bulk	Execute multiple search queries at once

Paper Details

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Paper Detail (paper_detail)	GET /graph/v1/paper/{paper_id}	Get detailed information for a single paper
Multiple Papers Detail (multiple_papers_detail)	POST /graph/v1/paper/batch	Get details for multiple papers at once

Paper Analysis

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Paper Recommendations (paper_recommendations)	GET /recommendations/v1/papers	Get recommended papers based on a given paper
Paper Citations (paper_citations)	GET /graph/v1/paper/{paper_id}/citations	Get papers that cite the given paper
Paper References (paper_references)	GET /graph/v1/paper/{paper_id}/references	Get reference papers of the given paper

Author Search

Tool	API Endpoint	Description
Author Search (author_search)	GET /graph/v1/author/search	Search authors and get publication statistics
Author Detail (author_detail)	GET /graph/v1/author/{author_id}	Get author details (h-index, citation count, etc.)
Author Papers (author_papers)	GET /graph/v1/author/{author_id}/papers	Get papers published by an author

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Parameters

Semantic Search

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

Paper Detail

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

Paper Recommendations / Citations / References

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

Author Search

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

Author Detail / Author Papers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
author_id	string	✅	Semantic Scholar author ID
limit	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