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Notable Features: Browser extension provides citation data within pubmed, arXiv and most journal sites by overlaying citation metrics (showing a little badge with how many supporting/contrasting citations a paper has)

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Core Abilities: Scite is an AI-powered platform designed to evaluate the reliability of research by analyzing how articles are cited. Its signature feature is "Smart Citations," which categorizes references to a paper as either supporting, contradicting, or simply mentioning its findings, providing immediate context on a study's reception in the literature. Users can search a database of over a billion citation statements to see exactly what other papers have said about a specific claim. Scite also visualizes citation networks, showing how ideas propagate and which studies are highly contested, and flags editorial notices like retractions.

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Limitations/ Risks: A key limitation is that its AI classification is not exhaustive; coverage is strongest in biomedical fields, and many citations remain "unclassified" if full-text is unavailable. The AI's supporting/contradicting labels are highly accurate but not perfect, requiring user verification, especially for nuanced arguments. Scite is best used as a post-search evaluation tool to assess the credibility of known papers rather than as a primary search engine for literature discovery, as it is not optimized for relevance ranking in the same way as a traditional academic database.

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Platform/ Integrations: Web app & browser extension. Zotero plugin available

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Pricing: Scite allows some free searches (limited per month) but core features quickly hit a paywall – especially the assistant chat and extensive citation browsing. $12/month for full use (student discount available).

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Tutorials/ Reviews

Scite.ai Demo - AI-Powered Literature Reviews

Scite AI Just Changed How I Trust Research - And It’s Free (Scite AI Tutorial)

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