For researchers trying to find the right information in academic papers as quickly as possible, Consensus is a top option. The AI-powered search engine indexes more than 200 million papers across all fields, with tools like targeted search filters and AI analysis through Copilot and Consensus Meter. It's geared for students, researchers and professionals who have to do literature reviews and validate research as fast as possible.
Another top contender is Epsilon. The AI-powered engine speeds up scientific discovery with summarized answers that include inline citations, publication and patent organization and summarization of information across multiple papers. With tools like Investigate and Synthesize, it lets researchers quickly find, assess and summarize information from a massive database of academic papers.
Semantic Scholar is another good option for scholars, a free AI-powered service with access to more than 219 million papers. It has powerful search filters, brief summaries and tools to annotate and cite papers. And it offers AI-powered research feeds, paper recommendations and automated email alerts, too, making it a good all-purpose tool for researchers.
For those who want more sophistication, Lumina combines multiple models to produce authoritative and up-to-date research results from more than 1 million journal articles. The tool can speed up work by providing quick and accurate information, and it's well suited for researchers who have to digest a lot of academic literature.