Papers with Code
Ranked 4 of 4 academic search engines by recommenders
People recommend it for easy paper submission and for being revived after it shut down. The most common caveat is that only AI topics are covered.
People recommend it for easy paper submission and for being revived after it shut down. The most common caveat is that only AI topics are covered.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Glad it was revived
“as a huge fan of PWC, I'm glad to see it revived!”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Reviving Papers with Code” “Hence, I've been working on reviving it.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Reviving Papers with Code”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Only covers AI topics
“I was excited to browse the "All Domains" section until I realized only AI topics are covered”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Reviving Papers with Code”
Other academic search engines people recommend
The three most recommended other academic search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Scholar | 17 | 13 | 57% | 8 | — | — |
| Semantic Scholar | 8 | 3 | 73% | 7 | — | — |
| PubMed | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Papers with CodeThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“as a huge fan of PWC, I'm glad to see it revived!”
“It was super sad to see FB/M abandon the original mission of what PwC was building towards”
“I was excited to browse the "All Domains" section until I realized only AI topics are covered”
“To test it out I just submitted one of my papers on medRXiv and it was super straightforward to do.”
“Hence, I've been working on reviving it.”
“Paperswithcode is dead now”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.