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AI Research Tools for Literature Reviews

Tool Cost Data source Literature searching Use AI-text generator? Full-text analysing and summarising Features
Scite_ EdUHK Library has a subscription, users can click here for access, while others can access a 7-day trial Semantic Scholar, PubMed and various publishers By similarity and citation chain Yes Yes

Contextualizes citation information by:

  • "Smart Citations" allows users to see how a research paper has been cited in subsequent publications
  • Whether citations support, contrast, or mention the article
  • Chrome add-on provides information about citations that support, contrast, or simply mention the article with the link-through to Scite
SciSpace Free at the moment From multiple geographically dispersed HPC data centres By similarity and citation chain Yes Yes
  • Have an AI-chat with your research papers, including asking questions and receiving explanations.
  • Literature review tool allows you to conduct quick and efficient literature reviews, and extract key data from PDFs
  • Citation generator is to generate citations in the correct format
  • AI paraphraser is used to rewrite texts for better clarity
  • Detect the AI-generated content to maintain the integrity of the literature review detection of AI-generated content
Consensus Free at the moment in the beta version Semantic Scholar By similarity and citation chain No Yes
  • Analyze and extract key information from research articles, providing concise summaries.
  • The Consensus Meter indicates the level of agreement among the summarized papers on a particular topic. 
  • Filter search results based on study types (such as meta-analysis, systematic review, RCT, case report) and study details. It also offers the filter of SJR Quartile rating for journals.
Elicit Free version and paid version available  Semantic Scholar By similarity and citation chain Yes Yes
  • The results page displays relevant papers on the left and summaries of key information about those papers in an easy-to-use table on the right.
  • Classifies the types of articles
  • AI-generated article summary with key points
  • Click- through to article in Semantic Scholar
  • Provides articles that cited source and text where citation appeared
ChatPDF Currently available for free for up to three PDF uploads of 120 pages or less per day Open-source By similarity and citation chain Yes Yes
  • Analyzes your PDF file and creates a semantic index of every paragraph
  • Asks ChatPDF any question you have about your PDF file, and it will give you an answer based on the relevant paragraphs
  • Interprets and translates PDF files in any language
Research Rabbit Free at the moment Semantic Scholar By similarity and citation chain No No
  • Visualizes works and authors on a graph, and the graph shows the citation relationships between the papers, and the intensity of colors indicates the recency of the papers.
  • Simplifies the process of customizing a search strategy onto one web page, updating its list of recommended articles as papers are added or removed
  • Integrates with Zotero may be advantageous for researchers already using that referencing system