Research Tools
Discover AI tools that can enhance your research. Most tools offer a free, limited version, with the option to upgrade to a paid subscription.
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| Search Engines | ||
| More than 200 million open-access scholarly articles, sourced through partnerships with publishers, data providers, and web indexing initiatives. Learn more | OpenAlex Aggregates metadata from thousands of institutional and subject repositories worldwide. Learn more | |
| Search and Research Assistance Tools Based on Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Google Scholar, and Scholarly Databases | ||
| SciSpace Generates podcast-style summaries, enables AI-powered conversations with PDFs, supports academic writing, patent searching, Zotero integration, and more. | Elicit Summarizes search results in tabular format and integrates with ChatGPT and other AI tools. | |
| Consensus Provides a consensus meter for yes/no research questions, integrates with Zotero, includes journal rankings, research methodology information, and more. | Undermind Builds and refines search queries through an interactive question-and-answer process. | |
| Research Mapping and Citation Networks | ||
| Research Rabbit Discovers related articles based on a selected article, author, or research topic. | Connected Papers Identifies related publications by analyzing citation relationships among papers. | |
| Academic Writing Assistance | ||
| Jenni.ai Assists with academic writing, drafting, and scientific communication. | Paperpal Provides writing and language support and integrates with Microsoft Word. | |
| Additional Tools | ||
| Gemini Notebook Summarizes articles, generates podcasts and presentations, creates mind maps, quizzes users on uploaded content, and more. | Julius AI-powered data analysis and processing tool. | |
| Visily AI-assisted design and visualization platform for creating interfaces and prototypes. | Napkin Transforms ideas and text into visual presentations and diagrams. | |
| Trinka Helps researchers identify suitable journals for manuscript submission. | Dr. Andy Stapleton Educational videos reviewing AI tools and workflows for academic research. | |
| Popular AI Platforms | ||
| Perplexity Offers academic search capabilities powered in part by Semantic Scholar data. | ChaGPT Can be used alongside tools such as Elicit for literature discovery and research workflows. | |
| Claude Can be used alongside tools such as Elicit for literature discovery and research workflows. | Gemini | |
| CoPilot | Guidelines for Writing Effective Prompts | |
| Browser Extensions | ||
Scite Recommended Free Extensions for Scite
| Chrome Browser Extensions Several tools offer browser extensions that provide research assistance and article insights from anywhere on the web: SciSpace Perplexity | |
