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Intermediate
Research
Academic
Literature Review

Run a Literature Review Like an Enterprise R&D Team

Produce a synthesized literature review on any topic in about half a day.

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How the data moves

This is a handoff plan, not an automatic integration. Review outputs before the next step. Unlabeled arrows show order, not a verified data format. Use the capability links to explore tool substitutions.

  1. Step 1

    Pull Relevant Papers

    Use Elicit to search and shortlist the academic papers most relevant to your research question.

    Tools

    • Elicit logo
      Elicit
      • Web research
      • Source synthesis
  2. Step 2

    Extract Findings

    Run the shortlisted papers through Scholarcy to get quick, structured summaries of each paper's key findings.

    Tools

    • Scholarcy logo
      Scholarcy
      • Web research
      • Source synthesis
  3. Step 3

    Map Citations

    Use Connected Papers to visualize how the papers relate to each other and spot influential works you might have missed.

    Tools

    • Connected Papers logo
      Connected Papers
      • Web research
      • Source synthesis
  4. Step 4

    Synthesize Into a Review Doc

    Give Claude all the extracted findings and citation context to draft a cohesive literature review document.

    Tools

    • Claude logo
      Claude
      • Long form writing
      • Code generation
      • Web research

Time Required

Half a day per topic

Expected Result

A synthesized review document summarizing the key findings and citation relationships across the relevant literature.

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