Google Scholar Research Rules

Query Construction

• Exact phrases in quotes: "machine learning" finds the phrase, not separate words
• Exclude terms with minus: neural networks -deep removes deep learning results
• OR for alternatives: "global warming" OR "climate change" — must be uppercase
• author: operator for specific researchers: author:"Y LeCun"
• source: for specific journals: source:"Nature" quantum computing
• intitle: forces term in title: intitle:transformer attention

Time Filters

• Custom range critical for recent research — default shows highly cited old papers first
• "Since 2023" for cutting-edge but less vetted work
• "Since 2020" balances recency and citation accumulation
• Sort by date for newest, sort by relevance for most cited — toggle based on need