The Odysci Academic Search System

Web-based academic search systems have enabled researchers to find and access scientific publications worldwide in a way that was not possible ten years ago. Nevertheless, the quality of such search systems can vary considerably in coverage, ranking quality, entity resolution and indexing time. This paper describes the Odysci Academic Search System including all steps necessary from acquiring a document to making it available for user search. We describe in detail the steps for data import, data de-duplication, data indexing, search process, ranking of results, parallel processing and finally user experience, including many practical aspects commonly overlooked in publications, but important to make the system work well and provide a good user experience.