Papers
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Reference manager for students and researchers to organize, read, annotate and cite papers, with an AI research assistant.
What it does
Papers is a reference management app that helps researchers import, organize, annotate and cite academic papers across devices. It connects to 150M+ articles via Dimensions, adds an AI Assistant for PDF chat and analysis, SmartCite citation in Word and Docs, and shared libraries for teams.
Core features
reference import and metadata matching
PDF annotation and notes
cross-device sync
150M+ article discovery
AI Assistant (chat with PDF, summaries)
SmartCite with 10,000+ citation styles
shared libraries for up to 25 users
Best for
→organizing research libraries
→reading and annotating papers
→discovering related research
→citing in manuscripts
→collaborating with lab teams
Pricing
Essentials
$7/mo
Essentials
$65/yr
Toolspool rankingby global site rank
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Tutorials
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