paper-lookup

To search academic papers across multiple databases, provide a topic, author, or DOI to query sources like Semantic Scholar, arXiv, and PubMed simultaneously. It returns structured metadata including titles, authors, abstracts, and citations.

Yes, you can retrieve abstracts and DOIs using a specific paper identifier. Supplying a DOI allows the system to locate the exact paper across databases and extract its bibliographic metadata for verification or citation management.

Supported scholarly databases for cross-database metadata retrieval include Semantic Scholar, arXiv, Crossref, OpenAlex, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, and CORE. Queries are implemented as REST API requests across these sources.

To find papers by author for a literature review, input the author's name to search across connected databases. The system retrieves structured results with titles, publication years, and citations suitable for review compilation.

Yes, this search method works with preprint servers like bioRxiv and medRxiv. It implements REST API queries to fetch titles, authors, years, abstracts, and DOIs from these specific repositories alongside peer-reviewed databases.