Connected Papers | Find and explore academic papers

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Key Features: Builds a visual graph of papers related by citations. Opens publications in Semantic Scholar

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Core Abilities: Visual knowledge map: Builds a graph of papers related by citations, giving a quick overview of a field. Larger nodes indicate highly cited papers, and node color shows publication age (newer vs. older). Identifies seminal prior studies and follow-up works in both directions of a topic. Allows combining up to 5 origin papers to generate “multi-origin” graphs of overlapping research areas. Easy to use

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Limitations/ Risks: No content summaries: Focuses on connections, not reading the papers for you. Relies on existing citation networks; very new or niche papers with few references may not show strong connections. This can inadvertently omit cutting-edge preprints or interdisciplinary work outside the main network.

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Pricing:

Free tier: 5 graphs per month; Academic Plan $5/month= unlimited graphs, scholarship plans for researchers with financial need.

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Platform/ Integrations: Web application with import/export (supports Zotero, RIS, BibTeX , CSV for reference management). API available.

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Tutorials/ Reviews

First Time User's Guide to Connected Papers for Research

Connected Papers | Find and explore academic papers