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Subscription bundling Editage's academic AI tools: writing assistant, journal finder, literature search, and illustration maker.

723K visits/mo
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Open Knowledge Maps
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Free nonprofit tool that visualizes scientific literature as topic maps, clustering papers to speed research discovery.

113K visits/mo1.1K saves
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The Rundown AI
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Daily AI newsletter that condenses AI news, tool spotlights, and practical use cases into a five-minute read for over two million readers.

630K visits/mo
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Globe Explorer
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AI discovery and learning engine with Pro plans.

51K visits/mo
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Thesify
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AI reviewer that critiques academic manuscripts and Coauthor agents that search, cite, and draft alongside researchers.

161K visits/mo32K saves
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Core features
  • AI academic writing assistant with grammar and phrasing suggestions
  • Journal recommender matched to a manuscript's abstract
  • Scientific illustration library with drag-and-drop editor
  • Literature discovery across 300M+ academic papers
  • Plagiarism checking and multilingual translation support
  • Research skill courses included with subscription
  • AI-generated visual maps of research topics
  • Clusters papers into themes
  • Open-access resource discovery
  • Open-source and nonprofit
  • Custom integrations/embedding for organizations
  • Daily AI news digest delivered by email
  • Practical application tips alongside each story
  • Exclusive interviews with AI industry leaders
  • AI University with guides, tools directory, and courses
  • Article archive on AI, tech, and robotics
  • AI manuscript review flagging gaps in argument and evidence
  • Citation search across 200+ million academic sources
  • Coauthor agents that search, read, and draft alongside users
  • Journal recommender and chat support
  • Confidentiality guarantee that documents aren't used for AI training
Use cases
  • Non-native English researchers polishing manuscripts before submission
  • Finding the right journal for a paper's subject area
  • Building scientific figures without a graphic designer
  • Keeping up with new literature in a research field
  • Get an overview of a research field
  • Find relevant papers faster
  • Identify key concepts in the literature
  • Embed discovery tools in library systems
  • Professionals wanting a quick daily AI news briefing
  • Readers seeking practical ways to apply new AI tools
  • Learners looking for structured AI courses and guides
  • Following exclusive interviews with AI leaders
  • Researching topics using AI-driven search results.
  • Accessing enhanced features with a Pro subscription.
  • Graduate students refining a thesis or dissertation
  • Researchers preparing a manuscript for journal submission
  • Students polishing essays and reports for coursework
  • Getting fast feedback without waiting on a supervisor
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