Scite Alternatives

If you're looking for a Scite alternative, Semantic Scholar is a strong contender. It's a free AI-powered research service that lets scholars search for and read relevant scientific papers in a database of more than 219 million papers. The service offers powerful search filters, AI-generated summaries (TLDRs) and tools to format papers in different citation styles and to organize them into folders. Semantic Scholar also can suggest papers based on your interests and send you automated email alerts when you're cited, so it's a good all-purpose tool for researchers.

Another strong alternative is Epsilon, which speeds up scientific discovery by finding relevant citations and summarizing information. Epsilon includes Investigate for summarized answers with inline citations, Search for organizing publications and patents, Validate for checking claims, and Synthesize for detailed summaries. More than 30,000 researchers use it, and there are several pricing options for students, academics, and companies.

Consensus is another good option. The AI-powered academic search engine lets you quickly find and understand more than 200 million papers across all subjects. It comes with Consensus Meter and Copilot powered by OpenAI, which offer AI insights and speed up literature reviews. Consensus has several pricing options, including a free tier, so it's available to students and professionals.

If you prefer a more interactive research assistant, Elicit is worth a look. It lets you quickly find, summarize and extract data from more than 125 million academic papers. Elicit can extract data into formatted tables, identify themes and even hold a conversation with the contents of papers. It's particularly useful for empirical subjects like biomedicine and machine learning, and has several pricing options for different needs.