Advanced Search Syntax with Expert search

SeekOut Expert is a unique capability of some SeekOut subscriptions which give you access to nearly 100 million 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:

cur_company:google

conferences:(NIPS OR SIGCHI)

cur_title:(data OR (scientist OR engineer))

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:
• education:
• grad_year:
• schools:
• majors:
• degrees:
• diversity:
• publications:       (note: this takes values true or false)
• patents:      (note: this takes values true or false)
• 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)