Connected Papers

Connected Papers is an AI-powered visual literature mapping tool designed to help researchers, particularly new researchers, quickly understand the landscape of a scientific field.

It revolutionizes academic literature exploration by generating interactive graphs of research papers. Users start with one relevant paper, and the AI analyzes its citations and references to build a visual network of "prior" and "derivative" works. "Prior works" are influential papers that came before, and "derivative works" are papers that built upon the initial one.

Key features include an intuitive, interactive graph visualization, easy navigation between related papers, and the ability to identify key papers and authors in a research area.

By presenting literature in a spatial, interconnected format, Connected Papers helps researchers discover relevant studies they might otherwise miss, identify seminal works, and understand the historical development and current trends within a topic, significantly accelerating the literature review process.