Connected Papers

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Visualize and explore the landscape of academic research papers

Free tier available·All audiences

Key strengths

Visual graph-based paper discoveryIdentifies prior and derivative worksSemantic Scholar data integrationFast literature mapping for new research areasWorks from a single seed paper

Free tier + paid plans

Tel Aviv, Israel

Founded 2019

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Connected Papers is a tool for finding and exploring academic papers. It is designed to support researchers and developers in navigating academic literature.

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