Litmaps

Litmaps is a "visual literature mapping" tool designed to assist academics and researchers in exploring and understanding academic fields more efficiently.

It harnesses data visualization and implicit intelligent algorithms to "create citation graphs for academic research."

Users start with a seed paper, and Litmaps generates interactive maps showing citation connections between papers.

Key features include dynamic "Citation graphs" that visualize intellectual lineages and relationships, and "research alerts" notifying users of new relevant publications in mapped areas.

By offering a visual, interconnected view of scholarly literature, Litmaps helps researchers identify key papers, influential authors, emerging research directions, and conduct systematic literature reviews more insightfully and efficiently.