About Schox
Schox is a modern, free academic search engine designed to make research discovery fast, intuitive, and accessible to everyone — from students to seasoned researchers.
Our Mission
Academic knowledge should be discoverable by anyone, anywhere. Schox provides a clean, ad-supported alternative to expensive institutional databases, giving free access to paper search, citation tracking, author discovery, and AI-powered summaries — all in one place.
Features
250M+ Papers
Access the entire OpenAlex database - one of the largest open catalogs of scholarly works, spanning every academic discipline.
Smart Search
Search papers, authors, and journals simultaneously. Filter by year, open access, journal, and sort by citations or recency.
AI Summaries
Get instant TL;DR summaries powered by Semantic Scholar, so you can quickly decide which papers to read.
Citation Tracking
See which papers cite a given work. Track the impact and lineage of any research across the academic graph.
Author Profiles
Explore researcher profiles with publication history, co-author networks, citation counts, and institutional affiliations.
Journal Profiles
Browse journals by name, discover their most cited and latest papers, and filter search results by multiple journals.
Data Sources
FAQ
Is Schox free?
Yes, completely free. Schox is funded by advertisements and will always remain free to use.
Where does the data come from?
All paper, author, and journal data comes from OpenAlex, a fully open catalog of scholarly metadata. AI summaries are provided by Semantic Scholar.
Can I download PDFs?
If a paper is open access, we provide a direct link to the PDF. For paywalled papers, we link to the publisher's page where you can access it through your institution.
How often is the data updated?
OpenAlex updates its database daily with new publications. Search results reflect the most current data available.
I found an error in a paper's metadata.
Paper metadata is sourced from OpenAlex. If you find an error, please report it directly to the OpenAlex community.