AMiner

What is AMiner?

AMiner is an academic search and research-intelligence platform developed at the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University and online since 2006. Its journal-services page says it covers about 136 million scholars and more than 230 million papers, and the platform gets over ten million visits a year. Beyond keyword search, the navigation lists AI Search, AI Reading for explaining a paper, a Research Assistant, Deep Research reports, Scholar Spotlight, a Scholar Library, a Citation Tree and open datasets. A Data API with MCP and Skill support is listed for developers, and a My Library area saves collections and followed researchers. Separate institutional offerings cover library data management, talent databases and campus AI. On pricing, the site shows a VIP membership banner at 0.73 yuan per day, but the dedicated pricing page returned an error when it was captured, so check aminer.cn for current plans. The interface is mostly Chinese, with an English toggle in the header.

Use cases

• Search academic papers by topic or keyword
• Look up scholar profiles and publications
• Get AI help reading a dense paper
• Generate a deep research report on a field
• Follow researchers and save paper collections
• Find journals and conferences in a subject
• Pull scholarly data through the Data API

Who it's for

• Researchers
• Graduate students
• Journal editors
• University administrators

Why use AMiner

• One site combines paper search, scholar profiles and AI reading, so you do not need to switch between separate tools.
• Deep Research reports and AMiner's Research Assistant help you get oriented in an unfamiliar field before reading papers in full.
• Open datasets and a Data API with MCP support let developers build on the same scholarly data.
• Institutions can add library data management and talent databases through the separate VIP offerings.

AMiner features

• AI Search across papers and scholars
• AI Reading that explains a paper
• Research Assistant chat for scholarly questions
• Deep Research reports on a topic
• Scholar Spotlight and a searchable Scholar Library
• Citation Tree view of how papers connect
• Journal and conference listings plus the AI2000 ranking pages
• Data API with MCP and Skill support
• Open datasets for research use
• My Library for saved papers and followed scholars
• Journal article push service to targeted readers and reviewers

AMiner integrations

• MCP

How to get started with AMiner

1. Open aminer.cn and search for a topic, paper title or researcher name from the AI Search box.
2. Open a result and use AI Reading to get an explanation of the paper, or ask AMiner's Research Assistant a follow-up.
3. Start a Deep Research run when you want a report on a whole subject.
4. Save papers and scholars to My Library and follow researchers to keep up with new work.

AMiner limitations

• Most of the interface and institutional pages are in Chinese
• The pricing page was an error page when captured, so full plan details are unconfirmed
• Coverage figures come from AMiner's own materials

AMiner pricing

We couldn't confirm pricing on the official site. Check aminer.cn for current prices.

AMiner plans

• VIP

  ¥0.73/day

  shown as a banner on the pricing page

  • Banner promises AI research assistance
  • Full plan details not shown on the captured page

Plans as listed on the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026. Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

AMiner alternatives

The main AMiner alternatives listed on Debuly are Semantic Scholar, Elicit, Consensus, Connected Papers, Scite and QuantLink. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   Connected Papers

   Visual literature tool that builds a similarity graph of academic papers around one you choose, to explore a research field fast.

   Research and search
   FreemiumVisit Connected Papers (official site)
2. 

   Consensus

   AI search engine for research that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers, with every claim linked back to its source.

   Research and search
   FreemiumVisit Consensus (official site)
3. 

   Elicit

   AI research assistant that searches 138 million papers, extracts data into tables and runs systematic reviews and cited reports.

   Research and searchProductivityWriting
   FreemiumVisit Elicit (official site)
4. 

   QuantLink

   AI equity research workstation with screeners, portfolios, dashboards and deep research reports for individual investors and fund teams.

   Research and searchProductivityAutomation and agents
   Free trialVisit QuantLink (official site)
5. 

   Scite

   Research platform that shows whether papers support or contrast a study through Smart Citations, with an AI assistant, MCP access and an API.

   Research and searchProductivityDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit Scite (official site)
6. 

   Semantic Scholar

   Free AI-powered academic search engine from Ai2 with paper TLDRs, citation insights, research feeds and a public API for developers.

   Research and searchProductivityDeveloper platforms
   FreeVisit Semantic Scholar (official site)

AMiner FAQ

Sources & verification

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