scite
Free tierSmart citation tool that shows how scientific papers have been cited
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Key strengths
Smart Citations showing whether studies support or contradict a claim317M+ full-text scholarly articles indexed1.6B+ citations indexedAgreements with 44+ publishersVerifiable evidence linked to specific sentences in papersCoverage of patents, clinical trials, grants, preprints, and datasets
Free tier + paid plans · from $20 USD/mo
Henderson, USA
Founded 2018
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Scite provides an API for developers and institutions to query its corpus of 317M+ full-text articles and 1.6B+ citations programmatically. Key technical details:
- Smart Citations API: Retrieve citation classifications (supporting, contrasting, mentioning) linked to specific sentences in source papers.
- Integrations: Native support for Zotero, Claude, ChatGPT, and MCP, enabling embedding of Scite's citation intelligence into existing research and AI workflows.
- Data coverage: Journal articles, patents, clinical trials, grants, preprints, and datasets — sourced via agreements with 44+ publishers.
- Pricing tiers: Basic ($20/month, billed yearly), Pro ($50/month, billed yearly), Team ($250/month, 8 seats), Enterprise (custom). A 7-day free trial is available.
- Open source: The project has open-source components available on GitHub (872 stars).
Refer to Scite's official documentation and GitHub repository for endpoint references, authentication details, and rate limits.
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