Literature Review Navigator
Different AI platforms have different strengths for literature searching and analysis. The table below summarises some of the most useful dedicated platforms. Select a tool from the dropdown menu to generate a bespoke prompt for it. Copy the prompt using the ‘copy and go’ button below the prompt box and then paste your bespoke prompt
Dedicated AI Literature Review Platforms
| Platform | What it does | What input is required |
|---|---|---|
| Consensus | Scans literature, gives one-line summaries, and counts consensus on topics. | A research question in natural language. Include in it as much detail as possible to assist the AI platform in finding relevant papers (this might not be a ‘normal’ research question, therefore, but a very much expanded one) |
| Elicit | Answers research questions and extracts data from empirical studies. | A research question; optionally keywords or seed papers. |
| Supersymmetry | Finds and summarizes scientific papers, provides PDF downloads. | Keywords, topic or paper title/DOI. |
| Scite | Shows how papers support, mention, or contradict claims using “Smart Citations”. | Target paper(s) (title or DOI). |
| Semantic Scholar | AI-powered search with semantic search, TL;DR summaries, and citations. | Keywords, paper titles, authors or topics. |
| Connected Papers | Builds a visual graph of similar papers based on citation patterns. | A “seed paper” (title or DOI). |
| LASER AI | Enterprise platform for systematic reviews with screening and data extraction. | Corpus upload and screening templates. |
| Litmaps | Citation-based discovery and tracking with alerts for new papers. | Seed papers or keywords. |
| Research Rabbit | Interactive discovery and visual browsing of paper networks. | Seed paper(s) or topic keywords. |
| Inciteful | Citation-based metrics and finding influential papers. | Paper DOI, title or keywords. |
| LLM Demo | GPT-based Q&A tool over uploaded PDFs or text. | PDF uploads or text chunks. |
| SciSpace | Platform for reading and querying scientific PDFs with summaries. | PDF uploads or keyword searches. |
| LitReview AI | Creates literature review drafts and summaries from PDFs. | PDF uploads or reference lists. |
| SciSummary | Generates AI summaries of scientific articles from URLs or PDFs. | Article URL or PDF upload. |
| Genei | Summarizes research articles and web content with note-taking integration. | Article upload or web link. |
If you are at the beginning of your doctoral journey and want a single authoritative source for an overview of the literature in your field, then use this AI tool.
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