AI Research Discovery Tools
- ResearchRabbit A citation-based literature mapping tool, Research Rabbit allows intuitive exploration of related research based on seed papers. It helps in building a network of papers, authors, and topics, offering a visual map of relevant literature. Best Use Case: Building a network of connected research and expanding your literature based on a few starting papers.
- Elicit An AI-driven tool that automates parts of the research workflow, particularly literature reviews. Elicit helps you find and summarize relevant papers based on specific research questions, presenting key insights in an easy-to-use format. Best Use Case: Streamlining literature reviews and organizing research insights, especially for answering specific research questions.
- Inciteful A tool that enhances literature discovery by creating a visual map of research papers, showing connections based on citations and co-authorship. Inciteful allows researchers to track down relevant literature efficiently. Best Use Case: Discovering new research and understanding the connections between papers in a specific field.
- Semantic Scholar A free AI-powered research tool from the Allen Institute for AI, Semantic Scholar enhances scientific literature searches and features the Semantic Reader, which makes articles more accessible by providing contextualized content. Best Use Case: Comprehensive literature searches and reading research articles with contextualized insights.
- Open Knowledge Maps It creates a visual overview of research topics, clustering related literature in a subject area. By drawing from resources like PubMed and BASE, it allows users to explore and understand large bodies of information visually. Best Use Case: Navigating and visually exploring the key areas of a research topic.
- Connected Papers A unique visual tool that shows the connections between research papers, helping users explore how papers are related based on citations. It’s excellent for identifying foundational or derivative works. Best Use Case: Exploring related work and identifying influential papers within a particular research area.
- LitMaps Tracks newly published literature related to a paper or topic, helping researchers stay up-to-date in rapidly advancing fields. Best Use Case: Tracking new research that cites or connects to a key seed paper.
- Keenious Analyzes written text to suggest relevant literature, making it easy to find research that aligns with your existing writing or project. Best Use Case: Complementing existing written research by discovering related literature.
- SciSpace Offers an AI-powered research assistant that helps users interact with scientific PDFs, summarizing key points and generating accurate citations. Best Use Case: Conducting literature reviews, summarizing PDFs, and generating citations efficiently.
AI research discovery tools are useful for exploratory searches and visualizing topic connections, while academic resources like Scopus are better suited for in-depth research requiring comprehensive data and rigorous peer-reviewed articles.
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STEM Research Guides
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Research guide for chemistry
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MATLAB
MATLAB is a software that helps with numerical calculations, data analysis, and creating plots and graphs. It lets you explore, visualize ideas, and collaborate across disciplines including signal and image processing, communications, control systems, and computational finance.
Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Mathematica is a computational software that excels in performing complex mathematical computations, creating advanced visualizations, and developing custom interactive user interfaces.
Wolfram|Alpha Pro is a computational knowledge engine that provides answers to queries based on a vast range of built-in data and algorithms.
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