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Free-first literature discovery tool that visually maps citation networks and related papers to speed up systematic reviews.
AI tool that summarizes scientific papers into abstract, methods, results, and conclusion sections, with figure and citation support.
AI research search tool for peer-reviewed papers with citation management, now integrated into Jenni AI's writing workspace.
Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
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- ✦Citation and author network exploration from a seed paper
- ✦Interactive visualizations of how topics relate over time
- ✦Unlimited library organization and collection sharing
- ✦Zotero integration for syncing saved papers
- ✦Up to 300 seed articles supported on the paid tier
- ✦Alerts for new related research
- ✦Research on AI governance
- ✦Analysis of AI risks and opportunities
- ✦Annual reports and updates
- ✦Information on AI regulation
- ✦Event summaries and announcements
- ✦Structured section-by-section paper summarization
- ✦Bulk and multi-paper summarization and comparison
- ✦Chat with figures for data interpretation
- ✦Folder and tag-based library organization
- ✦Semantic search across indexed documents on Pro
- ✦ChatGPT connector integration
- ✦Search across millions of peer-reviewed papers
- ✦Agentic AI chat that consults research and uploaded PDFs
- ✦Auto-citation in over 2,600 citation styles
- ✦One-click Zotero/Mendeley library import with metadata and PDFs
- ✦ScholarAI GPT available in the ChatGPT GPT Store
- ✦Developer API for integrating research search
- ✦AI-powered semantic search across 236M+ papers
- ✦Semantic Reader for augmented, contextual paper reading
- ✦Free public API for paper search and metadata
- ✦Author and topic discovery
- ✦Citation graph exploration
- ✦Beta program for new features
- →Building a systematic literature review efficiently
- →Discovering research gaps in an unfamiliar field
- →Tracking new publications related to saved papers
- →Visualizing how a body of research has evolved
- →Understanding public attitudes towards AI
- →Analyzing the impact of AI on great powers
- →Regulating downstream AI developers
- →Managing risks from AI-enabled biological tools
- →Students digesting dense research papers quickly
- →Researchers doing literature reviews across many papers
- →Academics organizing a personal paper library
- →Finding and citing academic sources for a paper
- →Chatting with AI about uploaded research PDFs
- →Importing an existing reference library for a new project
- →Building custom apps on top of academic search via API
- →Researchers searching scientific literature across disciplines
- →Developers building applications on top of scholarly data via the API
- →Students exploring citation networks for a topic
- →Librarians and academics needing free literature discovery tools