A visual map of scientific literature — find the most relevant papers without drowning in search results.
Connected Papers builds a visual graph of related academic papers around any seed paper you drop in. Instead of scrolling endless search results, you get a network showing which works are most similar, which are foundational, and which are recent — perfect for literature reviews and finding prior art fast.
Who it's for: Grad students, academics, and anyone doing a literature review, meta-analysis, or competitive patent search.
A node map of the most relevant papers to your seed reference.
Instantly see foundational papers and the newest offshoots.
Find what already exists before you write the grant or file.
Save graphs and pull references into your manager.
The fastest on-ramp to a new research area we've used. For a literature review or a 'what's been done' check, Connected Papers beats keyword search every time. Pair it with Semantic Scholar or Scite for citation context.