Scite

Check how later research cited a paper: supported, challenged, or just mentioned.

About

Scite, often written scite.ai, is a research platform built around Smart Citations. Instead of a plain citation count, it shows whether later papers supported, contrasted with, or simply mentioned a study, by reading the sentences where it was cited. It also offers AI-assisted search and an assistant for exploring literature, with a 7-day trial rather than a permanent free plan.

Key features

• Smart Citations showing supporting, contrasting and mentioning citations
• AI-assisted search across a large scholarly database
• Citation reports for checking a claim or a paper
• Collections and alerts for tracking papers
• API access and larger datasets on Pro

Pricing

7-day free trial (no permanent free plan); Basic $20/month ($12/month billed annually); Pro $40/month billed annually; Team $50/seat/month

Prices change — check the official pricing page before subscribing.

Best for

Researchers, editors and students checking whether a cited claim still holds up.

Limitations to know

AI answers can include wrong citations and must be checked against original sources. A supporting or contrasting label is an aid, not a verdict: read the citing sentence and the paper itself before relying on it. Scite's coverage depends on its citation database and will not include every paper.

What users think

Public sentiment could not be verified from accessible sources at the time of writing, so no praise or complaint themes are listed here rather than invented ones.

Our editorial score

Our editorial score: 8.2/10 — our own judgement, not an aggregate of user ratings. No full review is published for this tool yet — this page is its directory entry.

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