For searching and analyzing citation statements to support your research, Scite is a great tool. It offers Smart Citations that contextualize and categorize evidence so you can understand and organize scientific papers better. With a database of more than 1.2 billion citation statements, Scite verifies references and offers customizable dashboards to follow your results. It's good for researchers, universities and companies in many fields.
Another tool worth considering is Semantic Scholar, a free AI-powered research service that indexes more than 219 million scientific papers. It's got powerful filters for searching and short summaries (TLDRs) to help you evaluate papers. It also has tools to cite papers in different styles, to organize papers into folders and to create AI-powered research feeds. It can save you a lot of legwork, and there's no subscription fee.
Epsilon is another option worth considering, especially if you want AI-powered search. It's got Investigate for summarized answers with inline citations, Search for organizing publications, Validate for assessing claims, and Synthesize for deeper summaries. With more than 30,000 researchers using Epsilon, it's available in different pricing tiers, so it's available to students and professionals.
For a more general approach, Consensus offers a broad research foundation and AI insights through tools like Copilot and Consensus Meter. It offers proprietary search tools with filters, which can be useful for finding and understanding relevant research papers. Consensus has different pricing tiers, so it's good for students, researchers and professionals in any field.