Connected Papers (https://www.connectedpapers.com/) – Web-based application that provides a uniquely visual representation of the published research available in a certain field.
Consensus (https://consensus.app/) – Operates as a dynamic search engine that delivers not just search results but a synthesized understanding of where the scientific agreement lies on complex subjects.
Fourwaves (https://fourwaves.com/) – Conference management software for researchers can be used for free.
Mendeley (https://www.mendeley.com/) – Described as “the ultimate solution to your reference management woes.” Note: several of us work with Elsevier so we are partial to this app, see Zotero below as well as an online comparison (https://jenni.ai/blog/zotero-vs-mendeley).
R Discovery: Academic Research (https://discovery.researcher.life/) – A free app that empowers researchers to save time by finding the articles that are most relevant to their work and delivering them each day.
RefWorks (https://refworks.proquest.com/) – A web-based reference management software package, databases are stored online, allowing them to be accessed and updated online. There are numerous sites that compare RefWorks, Mendeley, and Zotero for reference management.
Research Rabbit (https://www.researchrabbit.ai/) – Described as a “personal librarian who not only knows your research interests but also suggests connections you might not have considered.”
Researcher (https://www.researcher-app.com/) – Built to make it easier for researchers to find academic articles relevant to their work.
Scholarcy (https://www.scholarcy.com/) AI-powered reading companion, making sense of complex academic papers by breaking them down into digestible summaries; note: free version is quite limited.
SciSpace - AI-powered literature review workspace (https://typeset.io/resources/scispace-literature-review-workspace/); About: https://typeset.io/t/about/ (New URL, later in 2024: https://scispace.com/)
Semantic Scholar (https://www.semanticscholar.org/) – Free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI.
Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/) – Free, downloadable application, around since 2006, app is for anyone looking to organize their sources, offering an intuitive platform for collecting, organizing, and citing research materials.