Overview
Research Rabbit — Citation-based literature mapping
Research Rabbit helps researchers discover related academic literature through citation networks. Create collections of papers, get recommendations for related work, see author networks, and receive email alerts when new relevant papers are published — all completely free.
Paper collection management
Citation-based discovery
Author network mapping
Email alerts for new papers
Features & capabilities
Everything it does, in plain English.
The honest take
Where it shines, where it stumbles.
✓ Pros
- ✓Completely free
- ✓Excellent visualization
- ✓Zotero integration
! Watch-outs
- !No PDF reading
- !Coverage incomplete for some fields
Who it's for
Where Research Rabbit pays for itself fast.
Literature mapping
Systematic reviews
Research discovery
Staying current in field
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