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Google Scholar Research Assistant

Extract the most relevant first page of Google Scholar for links to academic papers and get AI-powered research insights. Enter keywords to search. Perfect for quick literature reviews, research planning, and staying current with academic developments in any field.

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Scholar Research Assistant with AI Analysis

Scrape Google Scholar for academic papers and get AI-powered research insights.

What It Does

Enter keywords to search, and the actor:

Extracts paper data - Titles, abstracts, authors, and publication years from Google Scholar results
Analyzes with AI - Uses Groq AI (LLaMA) to synthesize findings and identify:
- Research trends
- Predominant technologies/methodologies
- Notable breakthroughs
- Potential research gaps

Problems It Solves

Problem	Solution
Manual literature review is time-consuming	Automated extraction of paper metadata
Hard to identify trends across many papers	AI synthesizes insights from collected data
Google Scholar blocks scraping attempts	Anti-detection with Camoufox browser + proxy support
Raw data requires manual analysis	Structured JSON output with AI-generated summaries

Use Cases

Literature Reviews - Quickly gather papers for academic research
Research Planning - Identify gaps and opportunities in a field
Trend Analysis - Stay current with developments in fast-moving areas
Competitive Intelligence - Monitor academic progress in specific domains

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`keywords`	string	Yes	Keywords to search on Google Scholar
`maxRequestsPerCrawl`	integer	No	Maximum requests per crawl (default: 100)

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`GROQ_API_KEY`	API key for Groq AI analysis
`PROXY_URL`	Proxy URL for anti-blocking (optional)

Output

The actor saves results to the Key-Value Store under OUTPUT:

{
  "query": "machine learning healthcare",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
  "articleCount": 10,
  "aiAnalysis": {
    "trends": ["..."],
    "technologies": ["..."],
    "breakthroughs": ["..."],
    "gaps": ["..."]
  },
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Paper Title",
      "url": "https://...",
      "abstract": "...",
      "authors": "Author A, Author B - Journal, 2023",
      "year": "2023"
    }
  ]
}

Technical Features

Camoufox Browser - Fingerprint-resistant Firefox for anti-detection
Proxy Support - Configurable proxy to avoid IP blocking
Smart Abstract Extraction - Tries multiple selectors (meta tags, common CSS classes)
Graceful Fallbacks - Uses snippets when full abstracts unavailable

Getting Started

Set your GROQ_API_KEY environment variable
Optionally configure PROXY_URL for better reliability
Run with your search keywords

$apify run --input '{"keywords": "your search terms"}'

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