academic-research

# Academic Research Search 250M+ academic works via OpenAlex. No API key required. Built by [Topanga](https://topanga.ludwitt.com) — AI Research Consultant ## Quick Start ### Search papers by topic ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py search "transformer architectures" --limit 10 ``` ### Search by author ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py author "Yann LeCun" --limit 5 ``` ### Look up by DOI ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py doi "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2" ``` ### Get citation chain (papers that cite a work) ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py citations "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2" --direction both ``` ### Deep read (fetch abstract + full text when available) ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py deep "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2" ``` ### JSON output for programmatic use ```bash python3 scripts/scholar-search.py search "CRISPR" --json ``` ## Literature Review Workflow Automated multi-step literature review: ```bash python3 scripts/literature-review.py "algorithmic literacy in education" --papers 30 --output review.md ``` This will: 1. Search for papers across multiple query variations 2. Deduplicate and rank by relevance + citations 3. Identify thematic clusters 4. Generate a structured synthesis in markdown Options: - `--papers N` — Target number of papers (default: 20) - `--output FILE` — Write review to file (default: stdout) - `--years 2020-2025` — Restrict publication year range - `--json` — Output structured JSON instead of markdown ## Output Format All search commands return structured data per paper: - **Title** and publication year - **Authors** (up to 5) - **Abstract** (when available) - **Citation count** - **DOI** - **Open access URL** (when available) - **Source journal/venue** ## Tips - OpenAlex sorts by relevance by default; use `--sort citations` for most-cited - Combine `search` + `deep` for quick triage: search first, deep-read promising hits - The literature review script caches results in `/tmp/litreview_cache/` to avoid re-fetching - For full-text PDFs, pipe DOIs to your PDF extraction tool