Terms of Service for OneScholar

Last Updated: July 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using OneScholar at onescholar.app (the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. What OneScholar Is

OneScholar is a research paper discovery platform that aggregates and curates academic publication metadata to help researchers monitor scholarly literature. It is provided for personal, non-commercial, and academic research use.

3. Permitted Use

You may:

• Browse, search, and read content on the Service for personal or academic research purposes
• Share links to individual pages on the Service
• Access the Service using a standard web browser

4. Prohibited Use

You may not:

• Use any automated tool, script, bot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access, download, or extract content from the Service in bulk
• Copy, reproduce, republish, or redistribute the Service's curated content, rankings, recommendation logic, or selection methodology for any commercial purpose without prior written permission
• Systematically retrieve content to create or populate a database, product, or competing service
• Attempt to reverse-engineer the ranking algorithms, scoring systems, or recommendation logic used by the Service
• Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security features of the Service, including rate limiting or bot detection measures
• Use the Service in any way that violates applicable law or regulation

Automated access beyond normal browser-based interaction — including direct API calls, headless browsers, or scripts — is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from OneScholar.

5. Intellectual Property

The OneScholar platform, including its source code, design, curation logic, ranking systems, saved views, user interface, and original written content, is the intellectual property of OneScholar and is protected by copyright law.

Underlying academic paper metadata (titles, authors, abstracts, DOIs) is sourced from third-party providers including OpenAlex, arXiv, and Crossref under their respective licenses. OneScholar does not claim ownership of this underlying metadata.

What is original and proprietary to OneScholar includes: the selection and curation of journals and sources, the discovery and filtering methodology, the scoring and ranking logic, the user interface, and the saved views configuration.

6. No Warranty

The Service is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. OneScholar does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any content on the Service. Academic metadata is sourced from third parties and may contain errors or omissions.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, OneScholar shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Service, including any reliance on content displayed on the Service.

8. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.

9. Contact

For permissions, licensing inquiries, or to report a violation of these Terms, contact us at: support@onescholar.app