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AI tools · Research and search · 12 verified
AI search, literature review, reading and note-taking on sources. 12 tools, newest first, each with the review or discussion that verified it.
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Paperpile
Clean reference management for Google Docs
Manage references and citations within Google Docs.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Nath The PhD Place (9K views, 2y ago) and 1 more review; discussed on Hacker News (41 points, 6 comments, 2014-05-05).
- Hacker News discussion: Paperpile (41 points, 6 comments, published 5 May 2014). What it found: Paperpile saves files on Google Drive and allows export as RIS or BibTeX for data control.
- YouTube review by Nath The PhD Place: Manage Your Citations Like a Pro: Paperpile Full Walkthrough & Tutorial (9K views, published 2y ago). What it found: The video provides a full walkthrough of Paperpile as a reference manager for academic writing.
- YouTube review by Nath The PhD Place: The Most Efficient Way to Find, Organise & Read Research Papers | Consensus + Paperpile + Speechify (3K views, published 11mo ago). What it found: The video describes an academic workflow using Paperpile along with other tools to discover, organise, and read papers.
SciSpace
AI research assistant for reading and writing papers
Chat with PDFs, extract data, and format manuscripts.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by SciSpace (57K views, 1y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (8 points, 1 comments, 2023-12-04).
- YouTube review by SciSpace: How to Use SciSpace Literature Review Tool | Step-by-Step Tutorial (57K views, published 1y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: The Real Reason Researchers Are Switching to SciSpace in 2026 (31K views, published 9mo ago).
- YouTube review by Daniel | Tech & Data: SciSpace Review (2026) Is This the Best AI Research Tool of 2026? (30K views, published 3mo ago).
- Hacker News discussion: ChatGPT Plugin trained on scientific papers: SciSpace's ResearchGPT (8 points, 1 comments, published 4 December 2023).
Consensus
Search and find scientific consensus
Ask questions and get evidence-based answers from peer-reviewed papers.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Andy Stapleton (74K views, 10mo ago) and 2 more reviews.
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: Consensus AI Step-By-Step: The Fastest Way To Do Evidence-Based Research (74K views, published 10mo ago). What it found: The video demonstrates step-by-step use of Consensus for evidence-based research.
- YouTube review by WiseUp Communications: Consensus AI - FREE AI Tool for Literature Review | All features explained (41K views, published 1y ago). What it found: Consensus is an AI tool for literature review and literature search.
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: Consensus AI Just Made Academic Research 10x Faster (No More Hallucinations) (32K views, published 1mo ago). What it found: Consensus AI improves academic research speed and reduces hallucinations.
Litmaps
Interactive literature mapping and discovery
Create interactive maps of literature and track new papers.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Litmaps (36K views, 1y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (116 points, 31 comments, 2021-04-22).
- YouTube review by Litmaps: How to do a literature review: 5 minute guide with Litmaps (36K views, published 1y ago).
- YouTube review by eSupport for Research: Litmaps || Literature Reviews with Litmaps || Introduction || Hindi (4K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by Litmaps: How to do an advanced literature review with Faheem Ullah - Litmaps (1K views, published 2mo ago). What it found: Litmaps supports advanced literature reviews with step-by-step guidance.
- Hacker News discussion: Show HN: Litmaps – Visual Research Discovery Tool (116 points, 31 comments, published 22 April 2021). What it found: Litmaps has launched a notes feature and ORCID author search to help locate authors.
- Hacker News discussion: Litmaps – Discover Science Faster (11 points, 0 comments, published 1 March 2022).
Scite
See how research has been cited
Analyze citation context to see if a paper is supported or contradicted.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Scite (221K views, 1y ago) and 2 more reviews.
- YouTube review by Scite: Meet Scite.ai - AI built for scholarly research (221K views, published 1y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: Your Research on Easy Mode with this AI Tool - Scite AI (67K views, published 3y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: Scite AI Just Changed How I Trust Research - And It’s Free (Scite AI Tutorial) (26K views, published 1y ago).
Pocket
Save articles, videos, and stories to read later
Bookmark web content for later reading with distraction-free view.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Pocket AI (159K views, 8mo ago); discussed on Hacker News (1222 points, 761 comments, 2025-05-22).
- YouTube review by Pocket AI: How to actually use Pocket day to day (159K views, published 8mo ago). What it found: The tutorial covers starting a recording, stopping and saving, and syncing.
- Hacker News discussion: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot (1222 points, 761 comments, published 22 May 2025). What it found: Users discuss Pocket being neglected by Mozilla and consider alternatives like Freemark, noting Instapaper was earlier.
- Hacker News discussion: Mozilla Acquires Pocket (1187 points, 445 comments, published 27 February 2017). What it found: Commenters suggest Pocket's acquisition was driven by user data and that Mozilla's claims of no financial interest are dubious.
Readwise
Get the most out of your reading
Sync highlights and notes from articles, books, and PDFs for review.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Dale Haazen (62K views, 5y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (326 points, 156 comments, 2022-12-15).
- Hacker News discussion: Show HN: Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app (326 points, 156 comments, published 15 December 2022).
- YouTube review by Dale Haazen: Should you try Readwise? (Review and Workflow) (62K views, published 5y ago).
- YouTube review by FromSergio: How I Capture & PROCESS using Readwise & Obsidian (59K views, published 3y ago).
- YouTube review by unhinged saas reviews: is readwise reader actually worth it? (full review) (8K views, published 1y ago).
- Hacker News discussion: Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018) (107 points, 34 comments, published 30 March 2019).
Zotero
Free reference manager for research
Collect, organize, cite, and share research sources.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Steven Bradburn (2.1M views, 5y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (945 points, 206 comments, 2020-03-26).
- Hacker News discussion: Zotero: Personal Research Assistant (945 points, 206 comments, published 26 March 2020).
- Hacker News discussion: Zotero 6 (768 points, 190 comments, published 17 March 2022). What it found: On Windows, Zotero 6 still allows file sync via WebDAV in the settings.
- YouTube review by Steven Bradburn: How To Use Zotero (A Complete Beginner's Guide) (2.1M views, published 5y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: How to use Zotero's full potential (The AI Revolution in Zotero) (222K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by XploreBio: How to use Zotero reference manager (A to Z for beginners): Install, cite, manage reference, cite. (169K views, published 3y ago).
Research Rabbit
Discover papers through citation networks
Build collections of papers and get recommendations based on citations.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Andy Stapleton (134K views, 2y ago) and 2 more reviews.
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: How To Use Research Rabbit - Effortlessly Explore Literature for FREE! (134K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: The NEW Research Rabbit Makes Literature Reviews 5x Faster (41K views, published 11mo ago).
- YouTube review by ResearchRabbit: Building your first ResearchRabbit search workflow (in under two minutes) (37K views, published 9mo ago).
Connected Papers
Visual graph of related academic papers
Find related academic papers and visualize citation relationships.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Andy Stapleton (36K views, 2y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (6 points, 1 comments, 2020-06-09).
- Hacker News discussion: Connected Papers: Explore connected papers in a visual graph (6 points, 1 comments, published 9 June 2020).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: First Time User's Guide to Connected Papers for Research (36K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: The Best Tool for Literature Review? Research Rabbit vs Connected Papers! (27K views, published 1y ago).
- YouTube review by eSupport for Research: Choose Best AI Tools: Research Rabbit / Connected Papers / Litmaps || Literature Review | Hindi 2024 (12K views, published 3y ago).
Elicit
AI research assistant for literature review
Ask research questions and get summarized papers with extracted data.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Andy Stapleton (114K views, 2y ago) and 2 more reviews.
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: How to Use Elicit AI, Literature Reviews + More: Beginner Tutorial and Research Tips! (114K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by Elicit: New! Automate your Systematic Review with Elicit (59K views, published 1y ago).
- YouTube review by Andy Stapleton: Elicit AI Can Now Do Your Entire Systematic Review (In Minutes) (55K views, published 1y ago).
Semantic Scholar
AI-powered academic search engine
Search and discover academic papers with AI-generated summaries and citation analysis.
Sources, checked 25 October 2026: Reviewed on YouTube by Research Masterminds (17K views, 3y ago) and 2 more reviews; discussed on Hacker News (40 points, 15 comments, 2018-02-22).
- Hacker News discussion: Show HN: Read ArXiv Papers on Semantic Scholar as Responsive HTML Documents (40 points, 15 comments, published 22 February 2018). What it found: The project to convert ArXiv papers to HTML on Semantic Scholar faces challenges; the conversion method inherits LaTeXML issues and fails for many papers.
- YouTube review by Research Masterminds: Semantic Scholar | AI for Researchers (17K views, published 3y ago).
- YouTube review by eSupport for Research: Find Research Papers with Semantic Scholar || AI-Powered Research Tool to Find and share Research (8K views, published 2y ago).
- YouTube review by Proofreading By a UK PhD: Google Scholar vs. Semantic Scholar (Which one is better for Literature Review?) (1K views, published 10mo ago).
- Hacker News discussion: Building a Better Search Engine for Semantic Scholar (2020) (58 points, 8 comments, published 28 August 2021).