Advanced Search Syntax with Expert search

SeekOut Expert is a unique capability of some SeekOut subscriptions which give you access to nearly tens of millions of engineering, computer science, and life sciences experts.

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SeekOut Expert is a unique capability of some SeekOut subscriptions which give you access to nearly tens of millions of engineering, computer science, and life sciences experts. This people-centric search engine allows you to find candidates based on their research papers, conference presentations, and patents.

The UI of SeekOut Expert allows you to find candidates in a number of ways, including searching by Topic, Conference, Affiliation, and more. Sometimes, however, you may want to use Boolean to construct a very specific query. When you do, you can use the field-based search strings below to narrow your search.

You use the field-based syntax with keywords, quoted phrases, or Boolean strings. Here are some examples:

journals: ("scientific reports" OR BioRxiv)

Finds candidates whose work has been published to the journals Scientific Reports or BioRxiv.

conferences:(CLEO OR OFC)

Returns candidates who submitted their work to the CLEO or OFC conferences.

cur_title:(data OR (scientist OR engineer))

Finds candidates who currently have the terms data, data scientist, or data engineer in their job title.

patents:whitelisting

Finds candidates who have patents containing the term whitelisting in the patent name or description.

Field Name Operators

Here's the list of supported field-based search terms:

  • city:

  • state:

  • country:

  • headline:

  • industry:

  • summary:

  • cur_company:

  • cur_title:

  • past_companies:

  • past_titles:

  • patents:

  • publications:

  • education:

  • grad_year:

  • schools:

  • majors:

  • degrees:

  • diversity:

  • skills:

  • affiliation: (note: this searches last affiliation only)

  • affiliations: (this searches all affiliations)

  • categories:

  • sub_categories:

  • tags:

  • conferences:

  • conf_instances:

  • publishers:

  • early_career: (note: this takes values true or false)

  • student: (note: this takes values true or false)

  • li_url:

  • location:

  • full_name:

  • journals:

  • doc_types:

  • pub_years: