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Price from$10/mo$14/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
API—Yes
Plans published84
Spec score · Research Paper Discovery Tools7.9 (#8)7.8 (#11)
Spec score · AI Search Engines8.0 (#11)7.9 (#13)
HeadquartersTromsø, NorwayHenderson, Nevada, USA
PurposeKeenious helps students and researchers find published academic research and understand complex literature with AI guidance.Scite helps researchers discover and evaluate scientific literature through Smart Citations that show whether later studies support, contradict, or mention a paper.
SupportTeam and institution plans include dedicated customer and user support; institutional plans also include training, workshops, and webinars.Scite lists [email protected] for subscription questions and assistance.

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Keenious

  • FreeFree
  • Plus for Individuals$10 a month
  • Plus for Teams$20 a month
  • For InstitutionsPriced on request
  • Plus for Individuals$10 a month
  • Plus for Teams$20 a month
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  • InstitutionsPriced on request

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Scite

  • FreeFree
  • ConnectFree
  • Basic$14 a month
  • Pro$35 a month

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Scite helps researchers discover and assess scientific literature through citation context. Its Smart Citations classify later citation statements as supporting, contrasting with, or mentioning a paper. Scite Search matches citation statements extracted from full text and supports citation chaining, filters, and alerts. Reference reports display citation text with filters for classification, section, year, or source type. Scite Assistant answers from peer-reviewed literature and links each answer to its source, while Reference Check examines manuscript references for citation context, retractions, editorial notices, and contrasting findings. Collections can import papers from Zotero, Mendeley, DOI CSV files, or search results and alert users to new citations and retractions. Integrations include an API, Zotero plugin, browser extension, institutional holdings, and MCP connections for ChatGPT and Claude. Scite reports indexing 317M+ articles and extracting 1.6B+ Smart Citations. It offers web, API, and extension access, with a free plan and paid plans from 20 /mo annually.

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