Scite.ai
See whether academic papers are cited as supporting or contradicting evidence — not just how many times. Smart citations that reveal whether a paper's claims hold up in the literature.
Overview
Scite.ai shows you not just how many times a paper was cited, but how — whether each citation supports, contradicts, or merely mentions the paper's claims. This smart citation data changes how researchers evaluate evidence: instead of counting citations as a proxy for credibility, you see whether the field has confirmed or challenged a paper's conclusions. Scite also has an AI assistant that answers research questions with citations grounded in actual papers, not hallucinated references. Used by graduate students, faculty, and research professionals who need to evaluate source credibility beyond impact factor.
Key Features
- Supporting vs. contradicting citations
- AI research assistant
- Reference manager
- Retraction alerts
- Journal impact analysis
- Statement search
- • Supporting/contradicting citation distinction is genuinely novel and immediately valuable
- • AI assistant grounded in real papers avoids hallucination more reliably than general models
- • Retraction alerts catch papers that have been discredited post-publication
- • Coverage strongest for biomedical and natural sciences
- • Monthly cost adds up for students on tight budgets