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Microsoft Academic: Technology, History & Science

Microsoft Academic was a free internet-based academic search engine for academic publications and literature, developed by Microsoft Research in 2016 as a successor of Microsoft Academic Search. Microsoft Academic was shut down at the end of 2021. Both OpenAlex and The Lens claim to be successors to Microsoft Academic.

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Microsoft Academic topic overview

The analysis highlights Technology, History and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Microsoft Academic.

Related topics
13
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
16
Extracted relationships
30
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
16

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 6 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Technology · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Microsoft
Current status
Inactive (No longer accessible after Dec. 31, 2021)
Launched
February 22, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02-22)
Registration
Optional
Type of site
Bibliographic database
URL
academic.microsoft.com

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Microsoft Academic connects Entity context

The extracted context around Microsoft Academic shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Microsoft Academic → Asia, Aside, Bing, Microsoft, Microsoft Academic Search, Microsoft Research, REST, The, The Academic Knowledge API, Zaiqing Nie Another extracted example is Microsoft Academic → Google Scholar, However, Microsoft Academic Search, Preliminary, Science, Scopus, The, Web. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Microsoft Academic

Top relations

related to Technology · 10
Microsoft Academic → Asia, Aside, Bing, Microsoft, Microsoft Academic Search, Microsoft Research, REST, The, The Academic Knowledge API, Zaiqing Nie
related to history · 8
Microsoft Academic → Google Scholar, However, Microsoft Academic Search, Preliminary, Science, Scopus, The, Web
see also · 4
Microsoft Academic → List, Microsoft Academic Search, OpenAlex, Search Academic
related to External links · 2
Microsoft Academic → Microsoft Research, Project
Current status · 1
Microsoft Academic → Inactive (No longer accessible after Dec. 31, 2021)
Launched · 1
Microsoft Academic → February 22, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02-22)
Owner · 1
Microsoft Academic → Microsoft
Registration · 1
Microsoft Academic → Optional
Type of site · 1
Microsoft Academic → Bibliographic database
URL · 1
Microsoft Academic → academic.microsoft.com

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

academic microsoft search research engine openalex 2021 data publications shut also indexed information using project developed 2016 technology database launched

Microsoft Academic relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 30 structured relationships around Microsoft Academic. Examples in this analysis include Microsoft Academic → Current status → Inactive (No longer accessible after Dec. 31, 2021) and Microsoft Academic → Launched → February 22, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02-22). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Microsoft AcademicCurrent statusInactive (No longer accessible after Dec. 31, 2021)1.00infobox
Microsoft AcademicLaunchedFebruary 22, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02-22)1.00infobox
Microsoft AcademicOwnerMicrosoft1.00infobox
Microsoft AcademicRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
Microsoft AcademicType of siteBibliographic database1.00infobox
Microsoft AcademicURLacademic.microsoft.com1.00infobox
Microsoft Academicrelated to External linksProject0.60section
Microsoft Academicrelated to External linksMicrosoft Research0.60section
Microsoft Academicrelated to historyGoogle Scholar0.60section
Microsoft Academicrelated to historyThe0.60section
Microsoft Academicrelated to historyPreliminary0.60section
Microsoft Academicrelated to historyMicrosoft Academic Search0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Microsoft Academic bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Microsoft, Search and Research. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Microsoft Academic
    • Microsoft
    • Search
    • Research
    • Openalex
    • Project
    • Shut
    • Data
    • Dataset
    • Developed
    • Google
    • Launched
    • New
  • microsoft academic
    • Microsoft
    • Search
    • Research
    • Openalex
    • Project
    • Shut
    • Data
    • Dataset
    • Developed
    • Google
    • Launched
    • New
  • academic search engine
    • Microsoft
    • Search
    • Semantic
    • Sources
    • Indexed
    • Publications
    • Research
    • Openalex
    • Shut
    • Data
    • Project
    • Citation
  • academic publications
    • Microsoft
    • Search
    • Research
    • Used
    • Openalex
    • Shut
    • Also
    • Data
    • Indexed
    • Database
    • Dataset
    • Google
  • microsoft research
    • Project
    • Search
    • Research
    • Purposes
    • Openalex
    • Shut
    • Data
    • Dataset
    • Developed
    • Google
    • Launched
    • New
  • microsoft academic search
    • Microsoft
    • Search
    • Research
    • Openalex
    • Project
    • Shut
    • Semantic
    • Sources
    • Data
    • Dataset
    • Developed
    • Google
  • open data
    • Dataset
    • Open
    • Technologies
    • Using
    • Scholar
    • Openalex
    • Microsoft
    • Google
    • New
    • Scholarly
    • Semantic
    • Engine
  • semantic search
    • Sources
    • Technologies
    • Technology
    • Using
    • Semantic
    • Project
    • Shut
    • Knowledge
    • Scholarly
    • Website
    • Openalex

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Microsoft Academic, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Microsoft Academic with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Microsoft AcademicOverview · splits 10 ⟂ 7
Microsoft AcademicHistory · splits 10 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Microsoft Academic

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples30
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Microsoft Academic to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Technology, History & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Microsoft Academic · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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