scite

Scite is a platform designed to help researchers and academics discover and evaluate scientific articles. It offers features that allow users to see how a scientific paper has been cited by others, providing insights into whether it has been supported or contradicted. This helps researchers quickly assess the credibility and impact of research papers, making Scite a valuable tool for academics looking to streamline their literature review process and enhance their research quality.

Founded in 2018, and now part of Research Solutions, Scite has indexed over 1.3 billion citations and partnered with more than 30 major publishers to provide researchers with unparalleled access to scientific literature. With its Scite Assistant, Smart Citation Index, and advanced search capabilities, the platform addresses critical challenges such as information overload and research reproducibility. Trusted by two million active users worldwide, Scite is reshaping how researchers interact with scholarly content—building ethical, transparent AI tools that support rigorous, copyright-compliant research.

• Browser Extension: The scite browser extension is a free extension that gives you the power of scite on the go so that you can see how any research article has been cited.
• Assistant by scite: Ask a question and get answers backed by real research. Use Scite Assistant to explore new topics, get help with literature reviews, build reference lists and more.
• Citation Statement Search: Search over 1.2b+ citation statements to see what is being said about any topic in the research literature.
• Reference Check: The scite Reference Check allows you to instantly see how your references have been cited by other articles. Simply log in, upload a PDF, and they'll automatically parse the citations and references showing you how each reference was used in the paper, and if it has been supported, disputed or retracted by others.
• Visualizations: A tool that lets you explore citation networks so you can see how articles have been cited in an interactive citation network.

• Advanced Literature Search: Offers robust filtering and sorting across metadata, abstracts, titles, and more. Helps you quickly focus on the most relevant or rigorously debated sources.
• AI Research Assistant: An AI-powered chatbot ("Scite Assistant") that responds to research questions in natural language. Provides answers supported by real citations and includes visual search strategies.
• Custom Dashboards & Real-Time Alerts: Build and monitor curated collections of articles on specific themes or topics. Receive notifications when those works are newly cited or discussed.
• Reference Check Tool: Upload manuscripts to verify and assess the strength of your citations—including detecting retractions or editorial notes.
• AI-Generated Tables & Visual Reports: Organize and compare key information from multiple studies into structured tables. Visualize citation networks, impact metrics, and discourse patterns around research topics.
• Latent Author & Institutional Metrics: Access metrics at the level of journals, authors, and institutions to understand broader scholarly influence.

• Go to the Scite website https://scite.ai
• Click “Sign Up” in the top-right corner.
• Choose a signup method: Use your Google account, ORCID, or email address.
• Fill in details (if using email): name, email, and password.
• Verify your email by clicking the confirmation link sent to your inbox.
• Log in with your new account.
• (Optional) Select a plan – Scite offers both free and paid subscriptions, depending on how many citation reports and features you need.

After signup, you can start searching papers, exploring smart citations, and using tools like Reference Check and Citation Statement Search.

Scite.ai offers flexible subscription tiers to suit different user needs. For individuals—like students and researchers—a Personal plan is available for $20 per month, or $12 per month (billed annually at $144), granting full access to features such as unlimited AI assistant chats, Smart Citations, Reference Checks, customizable dashboards, and citation alerts. Organizations and academic institutions can opt for an Enterprise plan, which includes all personal features plus volume discounts, centralized billing, dedicated support, training, and administrative controls; pricing for this tier starts around $5,000 per year and is customized based on user scale and requirements.

• Founded in 2018
• Based in Brooklyn, United States
• Maintains one of the largest citation archives, featuring 1.2 billion+ citation statements and indexing over 187 million articles, book chapters, preprints, and datasets.

Website: https://scite.ai/

E-mail: [email protected]

Help & Tutorials: https://scite.ai/users/guojin-liu-8QaV9/help