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Connected Papers
Connected Papers is a visual tool that helps researchers and scientists explore the academic landscape by generating graphs of papers related to a seed paper. It focuses on visualizing the relationships between research papers to find similar and relevant work.
Key Features
- Generates a visual graph of papers connected by citations to an origin paper
- Allows exploration of prior and derivative works
- Provides a visual overview of an academic field
- Uses the Semantic Scholar database.
Pros
- Highly visual and intuitive way to explore academic literature
- Quickly identifies seminal papers and related research clusters
- Helps understand the evolution of ideas in a field.
Cons
- Primarily useful if you already have a starting paper
- Free version may have limits on the number of graphs or features.
Best For
Students and researchers who want to visually map the academic field around a specific research paper, discover influential works, and find papers with similar methodologies or topics.