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Use the AMiner free academic search to perform initial paper, scholar, and organization lookups for quick topic screening. It enables lightweight academic discovery and entity normalization without paid APIs to determine if a topic warrants deeper analysis.

Entity normalization maps institution and venue names to their canonical forms. By querying the AMiner API, you can retrieve standardized names for organizations and publication venues, ensuring consistency across your academic search results.

Yes, you need an AMINER_API_KEY to execute academic searches. The Skill requires this key to access the AMiner API and perform free-tier lookups for papers, scholars, organizations, and venues.

Yes, you can scan for patent trends by keyword and retrieve lightweight information. This feature allows you to quickly identify relevant patent trends during your initial academic discovery process.

The free academic search is designed for initial screenings and entity normalization, not full profile analysis. It provides lightweight information to check relevance, meaning you may need deeper, paid APIs for comprehensive scholar profiles or full-text paper analysis.

The best way is to use a free-tier academic search Skill that queries the AMiner API. It normalizes institution and venue names to canonical forms, solving the problem of standardizing academic entities without incurring paid API costs.