Written by Mette Bechmann & Sofie Husby
Get a quick insight into the research in your field – and build dashboards to get a deeper understanding.
Scite_ is a research tool designed to help academics find, analyse, and understand connections in scientific literature effectively.
The purpose of Scite_ is to highlight connections within the literature beyond simple citation tracking. The recent addition of a GenAI-based Research Assistant has added a whole new dimension to the solution. As Scite_ works with research literature only, it is able to yield much better results than any all-purpose chatbot. And it does not hallucinate references!
SmartCitation setup
The core feature of Scite_ is its SmartCitation setup. Scite_ classifies citations from a vast number of academic papers and analyzes the context in which these citations appear. By starting with a seed paper, you can explore not only where this paper has been cited in other research but also the context of those citations. Also, Scite_ indicates whether the views of the citing papers are neutral, contrasting, or agreeing with the seed paper, making it easier for you to decide whether to use the seed paper in your own work.
Tailored to your specific needs
As Scite_ draws on content from several major academic publishers, the depth of insight becomes larger than with similar solutions, that rely on open access papers plus title/abstract only. When using the AI research assistant and the search features, you will be able to adjust the base on which Scite_ builds its answers, for example by defining a specific set of journals and a year range that you want to consult. This flexibility ensures that your research is tailored to your specific needs, providing you with relevant insights that are not available from other tools.
Helps you find retracted papers
Scite_ can also help you screen for retracted papers in any reference list. This is useful for checking the sources that you build your own work on, and if you serve as an editor, you can use it to check the reference lists of submitted manuscripts. Upload the manuscript to Scite_ and it will display an overview of sources that involve errata of all kinds or where editorial concerns have been raised. Scite_ does not save the inspected paper.
You are ready to go
All of the features available in Scite_ are already available at CBS as the library has taken out a license for all researchers and students. If you already have an account, it will automatically be merged with the institutional ditto if you have used your CBS e-mail.
If you experience any issues on that account, please do not hesitate to contact your liaison librarian
In this brief description of Scite_ we have just about scratched the surface.
We are looking forward to showing you more, so go to the library course calendar for short introductions to Scite_.