diff --git a/paperqa/clients/crossref.py b/paperqa/clients/crossref.py
index fc51d06c..9a9d76ae 100644
--- a/paperqa/clients/crossref.py
+++ b/paperqa/clients/crossref.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 from .client_models import DOIOrTitleBasedProvider, DOIQuery, TitleAuthorQuery
-from .exceptions import DOINotFoundError
+from .exceptions import DOINotFoundError, make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -132,16 +132,8 @@ def get_crossref_mailto() -> str:
         return "example@papercrow.ai"
 
 
-def is_flaky_crossref_ssl_error(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
-    """Get if we should retry upon known flaky Crossref failures."""
-    # > aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError:
-    # > Cannot connect to host api.crossref.org:443 ssl:default [nodename nor servname provided, or not known]
-    # SEE: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/blob/v3.10.5/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py#L193-L196
-    return isinstance(exc, aiohttp.ClientConnectorError) and exc.host == CROSSREF_HOST
-
-
 @retry(
-    retry=retry_if_exception(is_flaky_crossref_ssl_error),
+    retry=retry_if_exception(make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate(CROSSREF_HOST)),
     before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.WARNING),
     stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
 )
@@ -273,7 +265,7 @@ async def parse_crossref_to_doc_details(
 
 
 @retry(
-    retry=retry_if_exception(is_flaky_crossref_ssl_error),
+    retry=retry_if_exception(make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate(CROSSREF_HOST)),
     before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.WARNING),
     stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
 )
diff --git a/paperqa/clients/exceptions.py b/paperqa/clients/exceptions.py
index f4f3dd8a..780c8ddf 100644
--- a/paperqa/clients/exceptions.py
+++ b/paperqa/clients/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+import aiohttp
+
+
 class DOINotFoundError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message="DOI not found") -> None:
         self.message = message
         super().__init__(self.message)
+
+
+def make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate(host: str) -> Callable[[BaseException], bool]:
+    def predicate(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
+        # > aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError:
+        # > Cannot connect to host api.host.org:443 ssl:default [nodename nor servname provided, or not known]
+        # SEE: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/blob/v3.10.5/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py#L193-L196
+        return isinstance(exc, aiohttp.ClientConnectorError) and exc.host == host
+
+    return predicate
diff --git a/paperqa/clients/semantic_scholar.py b/paperqa/clients/semantic_scholar.py
index 5b770cd7..d6a74171 100644
--- a/paperqa/clients/semantic_scholar.py
+++ b/paperqa/clients/semantic_scholar.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import aiohttp
+from tenacity import before_sleep_log, retry, retry_if_exception, stop_after_attempt
 
 from paperqa.types import DocDetails
 from paperqa.utils import (
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 
 from .client_models import DOIOrTitleBasedProvider, DOIQuery, TitleAuthorQuery
 from .crossref import doi_to_bibtex
-from .exceptions import DOINotFoundError
+from .exceptions import DOINotFoundError, make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@
 SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_FIELDS: str = ",".join(
     union_collections_to_ordered_list(SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_MAPPING.values())
 )
-SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_BASE_URL = "https://api.semanticscholar.org"
+SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_HOST = "api.semanticscholar.org"
+SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_BASE_URL = f"https://{SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_HOST}"
 SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_HEADER_KEY = "x-api-key"
 
 
@@ -249,6 +251,11 @@ async def s2_title_search(
     return await parse_s2_to_doc_details(data, session)
 
 
+@retry(
+    retry=retry_if_exception(make_flaky_ssl_error_predicate(SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_HOST)),
+    before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.WARNING),
+    stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
+)
 async def get_s2_doc_details_from_doi(
     doi: str | None,
     session: aiohttp.ClientSession,