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Download academic paper PDFs from multiple sources including arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar using platform-specific identifiers.

Instructions

Download academic paper PDFs from multiple sources.

Input Constraints:

  • searcher: Required, must be one of the supported platforms

  • paper_id: Required, 1-200 characters, cannot be empty

Paper ID formats:

  • arXiv: Use the arXiv ID (e.g., "2106.12345").

  • PubMed: Use the PubMed ID (PMID) (e.g., "32790614").

  • bioRxiv: Use the bioRxiv DOI (e.g., "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456").

  • medRxiv: Use the medRxiv DOI (e.g., "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456").

  • Google Scholar: Direct PDF download is not supported; please use the paper URL to access the publisher's website.

  • IACR: Use the IACR paper ID (e.g., "2009/101").

  • Semantic Scholar: Use the Semantic Scholar paper ID, Paper identifier in one of the following formats:

    • Semantic Scholar ID (e.g., "649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b")

    • DOI: (e.g., "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011")

    • ARXIV: (e.g., "ARXIV:2106.15928")

    • MAG: (e.g., "MAG:112218234")

    • ACL: (e.g., "ACL:W12-3903")

    • PMID: (e.g., "PMID:19872477")

    • PMCID: (e.g., "PMCID:2323736")

    • URL: (e.g., "URL:https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15928v1")

Returns:

List of paths to the downloaded PDF files.

Example:

paper_download([ {"searcher": "arxiv", "paper_id": "2106.12345"}, {"searcher": "pubmed", "paper_id": "32790614"}, {"searcher": "biorxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456"}, {"searcher": "semantic", "paper_id": "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011"} ])

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
query_listYes

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