SciVerse: free search for publications and authors
In short: SciVerse (sciverse.scinodes.com) is a free, public search engine for scholarly publications from SciNodes. Search publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and topics. Filter by year, open access, author, organization, topic or venue. Browse ranked lists of the most-cited authors and organizations and of active journals and conferences. The catalog data comes from OpenAlex. You don't need an account. Signing in with your SciNodes account shows every result and lets you add publications to your SciNodes projects.
What you can do in SciVerse
| I want to… | Go to | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Search publications, authors, venues or topics | The search box on the home page | Searching |
| Narrow results by year, open access, author or journal | Filters on the results page | Filters and sorting |
| Find the most-cited authors | Authors in the header | Browsing |
| Find the most-cited research organizations | Organizations in the header | Browsing |
| Find active journals ranked by citations | Journals in the header | Browsing |
| Find active conferences | Conferences in the header | Browsing |
| Browse popular research keywords | Keywords in the footer | Keywords |
| Save a publication to a SciNodes project | Add to SciNodes on a publication | Add to SciNodes |
Run your first search
- Go to sciverse.scinodes.com. The home page says "Explore the scholarly record".
- Type a term into the box "Search publications, authors, organizations, topics…", for example "mRNA vaccines".
- Optional: click Year to set a range, or Access to tick "Open access only".
- Click Explore.
- On the results page, click a tab such as Publications or Authors to see one kind of result.
- Choose Sort → Most cited to put the most-cited results first.
Guest or signed in
| Guest | Signed in | |
|---|---|---|
| Search results | First 8 for each search | 25 per page, up to the first 10,000 |
| Filters and sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Ranked lists, detail pages and keywords | Yes | Yes |
| Add to SciNodes | No | Yes |
| Cost | Free | Each search uses a small amount of your weekly SciNodes credit budget |
Details: Guest vs signed in.
Find your way around
- Header: Authors, Organizations, Journals and Conferences open ranked lists. Sign in opens the sign-in panel. Open SciNodes opens the SciNodes app at app.scinodes.com.
- Footer: links grouped as People & Places (Authors, Research Organizations, Funding Organizations), Publications (Publications, Datasets, Open Access), Venues (Journals, Conferences) and Browse by topic (Keywords, Topics, Sustainable Dev. Goals).
- Open searches: when you have searches open, an "Open searches" bar on other pages takes you back to them.
Some footer pages, such as Funding Organizations, Datasets, Topics and Sustainable Dev. Goals, aren't available yet (coming soon). See Upcoming SciVerse pages.
Where the data comes from
SciVerse searches a catalog built from OpenAlex, an open index of scholarly publications, authors, institutions and venues. Citation and publication counts are the catalog's counts, so they can differ from other indexes. The same catalog powers Discover with SciVerse when you create a project in the SciNodes app.
What SciVerse doesn't do
- No profiles, saved searches or bookmarks.
- No sign-up or password reset. Create your account in the SciNodes app.
- Publication and topic pages aren't available yet, so publication titles and topic results aren't clickable (coming soon).
- You can't create a SciNodes project from SciVerse. Create it in the app first.
FAQ
Is SciVerse free?
Yes. Anyone can search, browse rankings and open detail pages for free. Signed-in searches draw a small amount from your weekly SciNodes credit budget, which every account gets free each week.
Do I need an account to use SciVerse?
No. As a guest you see the first 8 results of each search and can browse every list and detail page. Sign in to see all results and add publications to your projects.
Where does SciVerse get its data?
From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the scholarly literature.
How is SciVerse related to SciNodes?
SciVerse is part of SciNodes. It's the public search side: find publications in SciVerse, then analyze them in a SciNodes project with maps, notes and AI research assistants.