Interest Points and paper searches

An Interest Point describes a research direction. SciArk selects sources by discipline—for example, arXiv for computer science and PubMed or Europe PMC for biomedicine—and searches for relevant papers.

1. New Interest Point: Complete the form:
   • Name and research field are required; the field determines sources and full-text processing.
   • Add required search keywords with Enter or commas. Full English terms are recommended.
   • Add optional exclusion keywords.
   • Bind an existing Library or create one with the same name.
   • Optionally enable scheduled searches, choosing a frequency of 24–168 hours and a limit of 5–50 papers.
2. Search now: Saving does not start a search. Check your keywords and run the first search manually.
3. Search settings: Optionally adjust source order, deduplication keys, and per-source limits; defaults work for most cases.

Existing cards also offer a schedule switch, Candidate Pool, editing, and deletion. AI-generated search queries can be edited into a user version.

Open the search results to review papers in the Candidate Pool.