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I submitted my paper for indexing but I'm unable to find it on semanticscholar.org.
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Our indexing systems are automated and may sometimes filter out papers for the following reasons:
- The PDF was not formatted as an academic paper.
- The PDF was not parsable or the PDF was not discoverable by our web crawler.
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- The site hosting your PDF is programmed using JavaScript, which can sometimes be difficult for our crawlers to navigate.
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