scite
Free tierSmart citation tool that shows how scientific papers have been cited
Free tier available·All audiences·Powered by OpenAI·API available
Key strengths
Smart Citations show context of how a paper is cited (supporting, contrasting, or mentioning)AI-powered Assistant for asking research questions grounded in real literatureMassive database of over 1.2 billion citation statementsVisualizes citation networks and consensus across research communitiesIntegrates with reference managers like Zotero and browser extensions
Free tier + paid plans · from $20 USD/mo
New York, USA
Founded 2018
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- Embedding citation intelligence into research platforms: Use the scite API to augment institutional repositories, journal websites, or internal research tools with live Smart Citation badges and counts.
- Bibliometric analysis pipelines: Programmatically query citation classifications at scale to perform meta-analyses, map scientific controversies, or compute novel impact metrics beyond raw citation counts.
- RAG-based scientific Q&A systems: Integrate the
/assistantendpoint or citation data feeds into retrieval-augmented generation pipelines to build domain-specific research chatbots grounded in verified literature. - Reference manager enrichment: Leverage the Zotero plugin or API to automatically annotate a researcher's existing library with Smart Citation metadata, supporting/contrasting tallies, and citation context snippets.
- Automated literature monitoring: Build alert systems that poll the scite API for new citations to a set of tracked papers, classifying incoming citations and notifying researchers of new supporting or contrasting evidence.
- Publisher integrations: Embed the scite JavaScript badge snippet into article pages to surface real-time Smart Citation data to readers without a full API integration.