Sites like Semantic Scholar

01 · Entity

About Semantic Scholar

Semantic Scholar semanticscholar.org

Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool

Semantic Scholar uses groundbreaking AI and engineering to understand the semantics of scientific literature to help Scholars discover relevant research.

Wikidata: search service for journal articles

Top 10K · #2,271 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

A free search engine for scientific papers that indexes scholarly literature and adds features such as automatically generated paper summaries, citation graphs, author profiles, an augmented PDF reader, and a public API for paper data.

Who it’s for

Researchers, academics, students and developers

Business model

Nonprofit, funded by the Allen Institute for AI

• academic search engine
• scientific paper search
• citation tracking
• paper summaries (TLDR)
• author profiles
• Semantic Reader
• scholarly data API
• literature discovery
• research paper recommendations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Semantic Scholar’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   ResearchGate researchgate.net Top 1K English

   ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable

   commercial scientific social network

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS

   0 say ResearchGate is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say ResearchGate isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.908
2. 02
   Academia.edu academia.edu Top 1K

   open repository of academic articles

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Apple Business
   • Mailchimp
   • OpenAI

   0 say Academia.edu is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Academia.edu isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.907
3. 03
   Scopus scopus.com Top 10K English

   online bibliographic database

   • Amazon Route 53
   • Cloudflare
   • GlobalSign
   • Microsoft 365

   0 say Scopus is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Scopus isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.897
4. 04
   Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

   Zotero | Your personal research assistant

   Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon SES
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Microsoft 365

   0 say Zotero is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Zotero isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.898
5. 05
   Perplexity perplexity.ai Top 1K English

   Perplexity

   Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • HubSpot
   • Apple Business
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS

   0 say Perplexity is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Perplexity isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.896
6. 06
   SSRN ssrn.com Top 10K

   Content Blocked

   online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content

   • Google Search Console
   • HubSpot
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Adobe
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian

   0 say SSRN is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say SSRN isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.895
7. 07
   Turnitin turnitin.com Top 10K

   ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

   Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service

   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon SES
   • Apple Business

   0 say Turnitin is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Turnitin isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Close cos 0.893
8. 08
   Europe PubMed Central europepmc.org Top 10K English

   database of biomedical research

   • Amazon Route 53
   • Cloudflare

   0 say Europe PubMed Central is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Europe PubMed Central isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.895
9. 09
   ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com Top 1K English

   ScienceDirect

   journal

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • GlobalSign
   • Microsoft 365

   0 say ScienceDirect is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say ScienceDirect isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.896
10. 10
    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

    • Google Search Console
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Microsoft 365
    • OpenAI

    0 say JSTOR is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say JSTOR isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.896
11. 11
    Google google.com Top 100 German

    Google

    search engine by Google LLC

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • DocuSign
    • Google Web Server
    • Meta Business Suite

    0 say Google is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Google isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.898
12. 12
    De Gruyter Brill degruyterbrill.com Top 10K English

    De Gruyter Brill

    De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence

    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian

    0 say De Gruyter Brill is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say De Gruyter Brill isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.895
13. 13
    arXiv arxiv.org Top 1K English

    arXiv.org e-Print archive

    online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers

    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • Fastly
    • Google Cloud
    • Google Cloud DNS
    • Mailchimp

    0 say arXiv is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say arXiv isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.894
14. 14
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

    • Google Fonts
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • HubSpot
    • nginx
    • Adobe

    0 say Semrush is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Semrush isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.895
15. 15
    Seeking Alpha seekingalpha.com Top 10K English

    Seeking Alpha | Stock Market Analysis & Tools for Investors

    Join Seeking Alpha, the largest investing community in the world. Get stock market news and analysis, investing ideas, earnings calls, charts and portfolio analysis tools.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • HubSpot
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian

    0 say Seeking Alpha is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Seeking Alpha isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.891
16. 16
    Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

    Smithsonian request verification

    group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Canva

    0 say Smithsonian Institution is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Smithsonian Institution isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
17. 17
    RePEc repec.org Top 10K

    RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    RePEc is a central index of economics research, including working papers, articles and software code

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon SES
    • Apache HTTP Server

    0 say RePEc is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say RePEc isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.887
18. 18
    Wolfram Alpha wolframalpha.com Top 10K English

    Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Intelligence

    Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. For math, science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music…

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Next.js
    • React

    0 say Wolfram Alpha is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Wolfram Alpha isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.888
19. 19
    SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com Top 1K English

    SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform

    Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.

    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Google Search Console
    • nginx
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Adobe
    • Apple Business

    0 say SurveyMonkey is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say SurveyMonkey isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
20. 20
    Copy.ai copy.ai English

    Future proof your business with GTM AI

    Introducing the first-ever GTM AI platform. Automate hundreds of tedious, repetitive tasks and empower your team to scale success like never before.

    • Google Analytics
    • Google Fonts
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Google Workspace
    • HubSpot

    0 say Copy.ai is a good alternative to Semantic Scholar 0 say Copy.ai isn’t a real alternative to Semantic Scholar

    Comment
    Close cos 0.885

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to semanticscholar.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Semantic Scholar uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Semantic Scholar is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.