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. 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: