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Free-first literature discovery tool that visually maps citation networks and related papers to speed up systematic reviews.

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Widely used visual tool for exploring related academic papers.

873K visits/mo
Pricing
Basic: $6.9 /mo
Premium: $14 /mo
Ultimate: $29 /mo
Free: $0/month (unlimited searches across 310M+ articles)
ResearchRabbit+ Annual: $10/month
ResearchRabbit+ Monthly: $12.5/month
Free: USD 0
Academic: USD 3 /month*
Business: USD 10 /month*
Academic Group: 3 USD / seat / month*
Business Group: 10 USD / seat / month*
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Core features
  • AI-powered text generation
  • Grammar checking
  • Bug fixing
  • Translation
  • Customizable settings (role, language, tone, length, format)
  • 90+ templates for various writing needs
  • Compatibility with Web, Chrome, Windows, and Mac
  • 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
  • Visual graph generation of related academic papers
  • Discovery of prior and derivative works
  • Identification of important and relevant papers
  • Exploration of research field dynamics
Use cases
  • Generating articles, papers, reports, stories, ads, and jokes
  • Writing assistance for students, teachers, writers, and business professionals
  • Creating content for social media, email, and other platforms
  • Translating text into multiple languages
  • Improving grammar and fixing writing errors
  • 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
  • Getting a visual overview of a new academic field
  • Ensuring no key papers are missed in a field with a large volume of new publications
  • Creating a bibliography for a thesis
  • Discovering relevant prior and derivative works
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