Scite.ai
by Scite Inc.
📖 What is Scite.ai?
Scite.ai is an academic research tool that uses AI to analyze research paper citations, showing contextual excerpts and categorizing whether citations support or contrast a study's claims.
💡 Why It Matters
Scite introduced 'Smart Citations', allowing researchers to evaluate paper reliability by seeing how subsequent studies cited the research.
🎯 Workplace Use Cases
- Verifying whether a scientific claim is supported or contested in peer-reviewed literature
- Evaluating the citation reliability of academic authors and journals
- Writing literature review summaries backed by Smart Citations
🚀 How to Use It
Search a topic or DOI at scite.ai, view Smart Citation breakdowns, and evaluate paper support.
✨ Key Features
- Smart Citations showing citation context and supporting/contrasting classification
- Assistant for asking research questions grounded in scientific literature
- Indexes over 1.2 billion citation statements
💳 Pricing & Plans
Free Tier: No free tier available.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | $20/month ($12/mo annually) |
Unlimited Smart Citation searches, AI Assistant access. |
| Team | $24/user/month |
Shared research reference libraries and admin controls. |
✓ Pricing verified as of 2026-03-01