JSTOR vs Semantic Scholar
Closed humanities archive vs AI-augmented research-paper graph — discovery, not publication.
JSTOR
Academic journal database since 1995; primary archive for humanities + social-science research.
Semantic Scholar
AI-powered academic search engine by Allen Institute for AI; ~200M+ papers indexed.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | JSTOR | Semantic Scholar | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·82 | B·83 | Semantic+1 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·90 | A·86 | JSTOR+4 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·75 | A·92 | Semantic+17 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·80 | B·72 | JSTOR+8 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Aggregator of peer-reviewed journals; underlying content meets discipline standards of source journals.
Indexes only peer-reviewed-or-equivalent venues; AI quality-filtering; transparent methodology.
Modern Reference
DOI per paper; structured metadata; access tiered (institutional, individual, free archive 'JPASS').
Free public API + bulk corpus + CC-licensed metadata; broad LLM corpus inclusion.
Citation Velocity
Heavy academic citation; less in news + AI-engine retrieval due to access gates.
Cited within academic + AI research; lower volume than DOI/PubMed but high-quality.