The Petrol Tank for AI Discovery Might be Running Dry as Publishers close access to scholarly content such as abstracts due to AI incentives

Aaron Tay

doi:10.59350/5cj54-ha154

September 27, 2025Open Access

The Petrol Tank for AI Discovery Might be Running Dry as Publishers close access to scholarly content such as abstracts due to AI incentives

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AI-powered academic search engines are becoming essential for researchers, and they rely on open scholarly content.
Access to open abstracts is critical for tools like Elicit.com and Consensus, which gather essential research data.
Many academic search engines utilize aggregated data from sources like Semantic Scholar and OpenAlex, ensuring comprehensive access.
Restrictions on accessing scholarly content could hinder AI tools, pointing to the importance of open metadata in research.

Abstract

Elicit.com, Consensus, and Undermind.ai are among the new leading comprehensive cross-disciplinary "AI-powered academic search engines" today. Yet, these tools, alongside many others, have depended heavily on open scholarly metadata—especially Open Abstracts and full text—typically sourced from aggregators like Semantic Scholar Academic Graph/Semantic Scholar Open Research Corpus, OpenAlex, and to a lesser extent Lens.org and CORE.

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