What to compare
- paper identifier and version
- publication versus update date
- claimed method and baseline
- code and data availability
- licence and reproduction status
Read the sources
arXiv API and feeds ↗
Research-paper metadata, version identifiers and links to public API and RSS documentation.
Review the API terms, request limits and required attribution before collecting metadata. Paper licences vary. Preserve the paper version and distinguish an author's claim from an independently reproduced result.
OpenAlex ↗
Research-work metadata and references for tracing papers, authors and related work.
The help center documents API access, pricing and limits. Check the access conditions before a scheduled job. Metadata access does not grant rights to the linked full text. Do not treat citation counts as evidence of correctness.
When to look again
During initial design, when a measured bottleneck appears, and when new evidence challenges the chosen method.
Give your agent this question
Find papers for the supplied problem and explain the practical method in original words. Link the exact version, note conflicting evidence and outline a test before recommending an implementation.