NLP-KG: A System for Exploratory Search of Scientific Literature in Natural Language Processing

Tim Schopf, Florian Matthes


Abstract
Scientific literature searches are often exploratory, whereby users are not yet familiar with a particular field or concept but are interested in learning more about it. However, existing systems for scientific literature search are typically tailored to keyword-based lookup searches, limiting the possibilities for exploration. We propose NLP-KG, a feature-rich system designed to support the exploration of research literature in unfamiliar natural language processing (NLP) fields. In addition to a semantic search, NLP-KG allows users to easily find survey papers that provide a quick introduction to a field of interest. Further, a Fields of Study hierarchy graph enables users to familiarize themselves with a field and its related areas. Finally, a chat interface allows users to ask questions about unfamiliar concepts or specific articles in NLP and obtain answers grounded in knowledge retrieved from scientific publications. Our system provides users with comprehensive exploration possibilities, supporting them in investigating the relationships between different fields, understanding unfamiliar concepts in NLP, and finding relevant research literature. Demo, video, and code are available at: https://github.com/NLP-Knowledge-Graph/NLP-KG-WebApp.
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2024.acl-demos.13
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Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 3: System Demonstrations)
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August
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2024
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Yixin Cao, Yang Feng, Deyi Xiong
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ACL
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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127–135
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https://aclanthology.org/2024.acl-demos.13
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2024.acl-demos.13
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Tim Schopf and Florian Matthes. 2024. NLP-KG: A System for Exploratory Search of Scientific Literature in Natural Language Processing. In Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 3: System Demonstrations), pages 127–135, Bangkok, Thailand. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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