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Microsoft Academic

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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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

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Microsoft Academic

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

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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

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

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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

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