AI tools for literature search

There are now helpful AI tools that offer innovative features and search approaches, not only for generating texts, but also for literature searches, and are a useful addition to literature searches in library search engines and literature databases.

The cost models range from free tools to tools that offer limited free use with the option of a paid upgrade for unrestricted use, to paid tools that usually include a short free trial period or a limited free initial quota of credits and can only be used for a fee after the trial period has expired or the credits have been used up.

Examples of some free, limited free and paid tools for literature searches:

Free of charge:

• Semantic Scholar
• scienceOS
• Research Rabbit
• Inciteful
• Open Knowledge Maps

Limited free of charge:

• SciSpace
• Consensus
• Connected Papers
• Scilynk
• Litmaps
• Keenious
• Iris.ai
• Scinapse
• R Discovery

With costs:

• Elicit
• Lateral

 

On 29.10.2024 the lecture "AI tools in literature search" (German only) took place, in which the following tools were presented: Semantic Scholar, Scinapse, Consensus, Open Knowledge Maps, Research Rabbit, Connected Papers, Keenious.

Note: The tools are subject to ongoing development, which means that changes to the user interface, functions, price structure and terms of use may occur at any time.