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Research Tools

AI research tools for accelerating literature review, synthesis, and knowledge discovery.

ASReview
ASReview

Open-source active-learning software for systematic-review screening

Open Source Python Library Web App
ChatGPT
ChatGPT

OpenAI's chatbot — the one hundreds of millions use weekly

Desktop App API AI Agent Web App Mobile App
Claude
Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant, built with safety front and center

Desktop App API AI Agent Web App Mobile App
Connected Papers
Connected Papers

Visual map of how academic papers relate to each other

AI Agent Web App
Consensus
Consensus

AI search that answers with citations from real research

Browser Extension AI Agent Web App
Covidence
Covidence

Systematic-review platform with transparent AI screening and extraction assistance

AI Agent Web App
Dimensions
Dimensions

Linked research intelligence with AI search, clustering, summaries, and evidence-grounded GPTs

API AI Agent Web App
Dovetail
Dovetail

AI that turns raw user research into themes

Elicit
Elicit

AI research agent for evidence search, reports, and systematic reviews

API AI Agent Web App
Explainpaper
Explainpaper

Highlight a confusing paragraph, get a plain-language explanation

Gemini
Gemini

Google's AI assistant, now on the Gemini 3 model family

AI Agent Web App Mobile App
iAsk
iAsk

Free AI answer engine for students and researchers with verifiable sources

AI Agent Web App Mobile App
Inciteful
Inciteful

Map a paper's citation network to find what matters

AI Agent Web App
Iris.ai
Iris.ai

AI research engine for scientific literature at enterprise scale

API AI Agent Web App
Lens.org
Lens.org

Free, open patent and scholarly search covering 330M+ records

Litmaps
Litmaps

Visual citation mapping for staying current in a field

AI Agent Web App
NotebookLM
NotebookLM

Google's AI research assistant grounded in your own documents

AI Agent Web App Mobile App
OpenRead
OpenRead

AI academic paper reader with Q&A and visual summaries

Paper Digest
Paper Digest

AI daily digest of newly published research papers

AI Agent Web App
Paperguide
Paperguide

All-in-one AI literature search, deep research, PDF analysis, citations, and writing

AI Agent Web App
Paperpal
Paperpal

All-in-one AI academic writing, citation, and manuscript preparation assistant

Browser Extension AI Agent Web App
Perplexity
Perplexity

Cited AI search with an Android assistant that can act across apps

Desktop App API AI Agent Web App Mobile App
Perplexity Labs
Perplexity Labs

Perplexity's experimental features, including Deep Research

AI Model
Perplexity Pages
Perplexity Pages

Turn a Perplexity research session into a cited, shareable article

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