'Smart Citations' show whether a paper is supported, contrasted, or just mentioned by later work
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Scite is listed under Academic Research, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. 'Smart Citations' show whether a paper is supported, contrasted, or just mentioned by later work. It is free to trial, then paid, and it lives at scite.ai.
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Scite works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web, a Chrome extension and an API.
Scite does 3 things the catalog singles out: 'smart citations' show whether a paper is supported, contrasted, or just mentioned by later work; browser extension and zotero/reference-manager integrations; search and assistant need a paid plan; the free tier excludes them and trials auto-enroll into a subscription..
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