Research Paper Discovery Tools
Alternatives to Connected Papers
The tools Specifiction weighs against Connected Papers, from its list of research paper discovery tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Consensus Consensus is aimed at researchers, students, and clinicians who need to search scientific literature and review citation-backed answers.
From $20/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API9.3 Visit Specs - 02 OpenAlex
It suits researchers and developers who need a multidisciplinary scholarly catalog, API access, or a downloadable data snapshot.
From $1/mo Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.9 Visit Specs - 03
CORE CORE suits researchers and members of the public looking for multidisciplinary scholarly literature, as well as developers and institutions working with research metadata or full texts.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted · Browser extension8.8 Visit Specs - 04
SciSpace SciSpace suits readers who need to review papers, ask questions of PDFs, or improve research writing.
From $5.83/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.7 Visit Specs - 05
Elicit Elicit suits researchers who want to search papers and other sources, review evidence, and export reports, tables, or references.
From $11/mo Free plan Web · API8.2 Visit Specs - 06
arXiv It suits readers looking for open-access scholarly articles across its listed subject areas, as well as registered authors submitting research.
Free plan Web · API8.1 Visit Specs - 07 bioRxiv
It suits life-science researchers who want to share findings before journal submission and receive public feedback.
Free plan Web · API8.1 Visit Specs - 08
Keenious From $10/mo Free plan Web · Browser extension7.9 Visit Specs - 09 Litmaps
Litmaps suits researchers looking for papers, mapping citation relationships, and organizing literature reviews.
From $10/mo Free plan Web7.9 Visit Specs - 10 Europe PMC
Europe PMC suits researchers, curators, and librarians looking for life sciences literature and related tools.
Free plan Web · API7.8 Visit Specs - 11
Scite It suits researchers who need citation context, literature search, manuscript checking, and alerts about subsequent studies.
From $14/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension7.8 Visit Specs - 12 The Lens
The Lens suits researchers, institutions, and professionals who need to search scholarly records alongside patents.
From $83.33/mo Free plan Web · API7.7 Visit Specs - 13
Undermind From $15/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension7.7 Visit Specs - 14 Inciteful
It suits researchers exploring literature, citation relationships, and unfamiliar fields.
Free plan Web7.6 Visit Specs - 15 Lit Mind Maps
It is designed for Masters and PhD students doing academic searching, citation mapping and literature-review preparation.
From $15/mo Free plan Web7.6 Visit Specs - 16 medRxiv
It suits researchers sharing eligible health-science manuscripts and readers seeking free access to preprints.
Free plan Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 17
PubMed Free plan Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 18 ResearchRabbit
ResearchRabbit suits researchers and students looking for related papers, visual maps of research connections and shared collections.
From $0.83/mo Free plan Web7.5 Visit Specs - 19
Semantic Scholar Free plan Web · API · Browser extension7.5 Visit Specs - 20
Iris.ai Web · API · Self-hosted7.2 Visit Specs - 21 Open Knowledge Maps From €40/mo Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 22 Paper Digest From $0.67/mo Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 23 Dimensions Free plan Web6.7 Visit Specs
- 24 BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) Web6.1 Visit Specs
- 25 Cerebrum Web5.9 Visit Specs
- 26 CiteSeerX Web5.9 Visit Specs
- 27 Crossref Metadata Search Web5.8 Visit Specs
- 28 dblp Web5.8 Visit Specs
- 29 Google Scholar Web5.7 Visit Specs
- 30 OpenAIRE Explore Web5.4 Visit Specs
Connected Papers, head to head
- Connected Papers vs Consensus
- Connected Papers vs OpenAlex
- Connected Papers vs CORE
- Connected Papers vs SciSpace
- Connected Papers vs Elicit
- Connected Papers vs arXiv
- Connected Papers vs bioRxiv
- Connected Papers vs Keenious
- Connected Papers vs Litmaps
- Connected Papers vs Europe PMC
- Connected Papers vs Scite
- Connected Papers vs The Lens