Visualize and Explore Academic Literature with Ease

Discover Trends, Popular Works, and Dynamics in Your Field with Connected Papers

Key Aspects

  • overview creation
  • missed papers tracking
  • thesis bibliography
  • relevant work discovery
  • scientific support

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academiaresearch assistanceliterature explorationacademic insights

Connected Papers Features

Visual Overview of Academic Fields

Connected Papers offers a unique feature that allows users to get a visual overview of a new academic field. By entering a typical paper, the platform builds a graph of similar papers in the field. This visual representation helps users explore and understand the trends, popular works, and dynamics of the field they're interested in, providing a real, visual understanding.

Discovery of Important Papers

In fields like Machine Learning where numerous new papers are published, it's challenging to keep track. Connected Papers simplifies this by enabling users to search and visually discover important recent papers. This feature eliminates the need for maintaining lists, making it easier to stay updated.

Connected Papers Usage Instructions

Creating Bibliographies

Connected Papers is a valuable tool for students and researchers looking to create the bibliography for their thesis. Starting with the essential references, users can fill in the gaps and find the rest of the relevant papers using the platform's capabilities.

Finding Prior and Derivative Works

The platform provides specific views to help users discover the most relevant prior and derivative works. The Prior Works view identifies important ancestor works in the field of interest, while the Derivative Works view uncovers literature reviews and recently published State of the Art that followed the input paper.

Connected Papers Compatibility

Support for Various Scientific Fields

Connected Papers supports a wide range of scientific fields, from machine learning research to biology and philosophy. This is made possible by utilizing the Semantic Scholar database, which contains hundreds of millions of papers from all fields of science, ensuring comprehensive coverage.

Connected Papers Customer Service Details

Mailing List for Updates

Connected Papers maintains a mailing list where users can receive infrequent updates about the product. The platform assures users that they will not be spammed, ensuring a respectful communication approach.