Top academic research AI tools

Scholarcy offers AI-powered tools to summarize, analyze, and organize academic papers, helping users save time and enhance research efficiency.

• Freemium
• From 5$
• API

Paperguide is an all-in-one AI research assistant that combines reference management, AI-powered writing assistance, and document analysis tools for academics and researchers.

• Freemium
• From 9$

Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant that helps researchers automate time-consuming tasks like summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing findings across 125 million academic papers.

• Freemium
• From 10$

Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool that provides access to a vast database of scientific literature. It leverages artificial intelligence to enhance research and discovery.

• Free

GoatStack AI is a research paper discovery and summarization platform that helps users stay current with trending AI research through automated summaries and customizable topic selections.

• Freemium
• From 10$

ResearchRabbit is an AI-powered research assistant that helps researchers discover, organize, and share academic papers through intuitive visualizations and personalized recommendations.

• Freemium

Enago Read is an AI assistant that accelerates literature reviews by providing smart summaries, key insights, and a copilot for real-time Q&A, helping researchers master literature efficiently.

• Freemium
• From 3$

R Discovery is an AI tool for literature search, providing access to over 250 million research papers and personalized reading recommendations.

• Freemium
• From 4$

EssaySloth is an advanced AI essay writing platform that generates comprehensive academic papers with authentic citations from authoritative sources, supporting multiple academic levels and offering free outline generation.

• Freemium
• From 20$

SciSummary uses AI to provide concise summaries of scientific articles and research papers. It's the perfect tool for researchers, students, and anyone needing to quickly grasp the core concepts of complex scientific literature.

• Freemium
• From 7$

ArXiv Pulse delivers clear, easy-to-read summaries of arXiv preprints tailored to your research interests, directly to your inbox. Stay up-to-date without the hassle.

• Free Trial
• From 15$

Emergent Mind is an AI-powered research assistant that helps computer scientists discover, understand, and stay up-to-date with the latest research in LLMs, agents, robotics, and more.

• Freemium
• From 12$

Sourcely is an AI-powered academic search assistant that helps students find, summarize, and cite credible academic sources from a database of over 200 million papers. It streamlines the research process by automatically matching relevant sources to essay content.

• Freemium
• From 17$

PaperLens is an AI-powered search engine for academic research. It allows users to efficiently explore millions of peer-reviewed papers from arXiv, PubMed Central, and other major databases.

• Freemium
• From 15$

TextLayer is an AI-powered research assistant that helps developers and tech professionals discover, understand, and implement the latest research papers and technological advancements.

• Freemium
• From 14$

Litmaps is a literature review software that helps researchers, students, and professionals discover, visualize, and share academic papers across 150 countries, making research workflows more efficient.

• Freemium
• From 10$

Flowith is an AI-powered platform that enhances creativity and productivity through a visual canvas, knowledge management, and seamless collaboration.

• Freemium
• From 5$

ResearchFlow is an AI research engine that uses visual mind maps to help users explore topics, get answers from academic sources, and understand complex charts.

• Freemium
• From 16$