Head to head
Pubmed vs Semantic Scholar
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
No reviews yet
Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.
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Cio.github.mrfentmen/semantic-scholar-mcpNo reviews yet
Search academic papers and read citations from Semantic Scholar. No key required.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Pubmed (93/100 against 65). Pubmed is hosted and callable through the gateway; Semantic Scholar runs on your own machine. Pubmed has noticeably more public adoption.
| Pubmed | Semantic Scholar | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A93/100 | C65/100 |
| Adoption | Established | — |
| GitHub stars | 148 | – |
| Downloads / week | 8.0k | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 2 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | — |
| Category | Web search | Web search |