Microsoft Academic – Alternative to Google Scholar

...that's being "retired" at the end of 2021 so an alternative for ~2 months only.

Microsoft recommended a range of alternatives in their closure announcement. Anyone know much about any of these?<p>- Aminer<p>- CrossRef<p>- Dimensions<p>- lens.org<p>- OpenAlex.org<p>- OpenCitations<p>- Scopus<p>- Semantic Scholar<p>Ref includes links half way down: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;research&#x2F;project&#x2F;academic&#x2F;articles&#x2F;microsoft-academic-to-expand-horizons-with-community-driven-approach&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;research&#x2F;project&#x2F;academic&#x2F;ar...</a>

I used it for a while and it was surprisingly good. It is a pity it is going away. Maybe Microsoft could open-source the code and&#x2F;or the data?

Are you interested in the underlying scholarly metadata? What format is most useful to you?