RESEARCH RESOURCES
Research with AI Tools
Explore AI-assisted discovery and practical research tools for engineering, business, management and other disciplines. Find relevant studies, understand the evidence and organise your sources.
New to research? Start here.
Start with a research question or a relevant paper from any source → explore related studies → read and compare → organise your references.
Use these tools for academic research, doctoral projects or evidence-based professional decisions. Choose the tool that fits your task and subject area.
Consensus
Ask a research question and explore answers linked to published studies.
Best for exploring what published evidence says about a specific question.
Unlimited paper searches; 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep reviews per month.
Connected Papers
Start with one paper and explore a visual map of related research.
Best for a quick visual overview around a paper you already know.
5 new graphs per month; all features included.
ResearchRabbit
Use several starting papers to discover related studies and build collections.
Best for expanding and organising a set of relevant papers.
Unlimited searches and collections; up to 50 seed articles per search.
Elicit
Search papers, summarise findings and ask questions about available full texts.
Best for a first reading pass and comparing what studies investigated.
Basic: unlimited paper search, summaries and full-text paper chat. Research Agent and Reports have limited usage.
Litmaps
Build a literature map from citations and references, then follow new related articles.
Best for keeping track of a topic as new studies appear.
Basic search with up to 20 inputs; 100 articles per map. Check the current map allowance in your account.
Zotero
Save references and PDFs, organise your reading and create citations and bibliographies.
Best for keeping sources organised while you read and write. Not an AI tool.
Free reference manager; 300 MB of cloud file storage included.