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Ilya Shabanov

Jan 8, 2023 • 12 tweets • 19 min read • Read on X

This is what AI can do today, #ScienceTwitter:

⏵ Discover new literature
⏵ Understand and summarise, even math
⏵ Write your papers

The game is changing – fast.

Here's my list of the 9 essential AI tools in research:
(With prices and use-cases)
👇

@LitmapsApp

🧭 | @LitmapsApp

Discover similar papers from one ore more publications.
Will often display fewer (more relevant?) papers, compared to other apps.
Intuitively guides through the discovery process.

✔︎ Effortless Literature Discovery
💲Free for small maps, then 10$/mo

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp 🧭 | @RsrchRabbit

Upload your research library and ask to find similar papers.
Very thorough and fast but results in huge amounts of results.
The software takes some time to get used to.

✔︎ Thorough literature review
💲Free

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit 🧭 | @ConnectedPapers

Select a paper and display similar ones in a graph.
Close papers in the graph are similar. (Closeness is based on co-citation and similar bibliographies).

✔︎ Initial discovery of literature
💲Free for graphs built from 1 paper, 3$/mo

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers 🤓 | @paper_digest

Upload your paper and get a 3-min overview consisting of:

- Summary
- What I can learn
- Discussion

✔︎ Quickly get the idea of what a paper is about
💲Free

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest 🤓 | @scispace_

Upload a PDF.
Highlight passages and let an AI summarise them.
Use natural language to ask detailed questions about the content.

✔︎ Understand details of complicated papers (even math)
💲Free (with caps on usage), 8$/mo

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ 🤓 | @ConsensusNLP

Type in a question about a topic (in natural language).
An AI will find snippets from research papers related to your query.
Learn about controversial opinions and their sources.

✔︎ Gather papers for debated questions
💲Free

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ @ConsensusNLP ✍️ | @openai

Give the AI some context (your notes), describe the text you want to have e.g. "100 words" and ask it to write.

The results will blow your mind.
But: Double check facts.

✔︎ First drafts, shortening and paraphrasing, non-native speakers.
💲Free

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ @ConsensusNLP @OpenAI ✍️ | @Writefullapp

Uses AI to paraphrase and write parts of your research paper.
Integrates with MS Word & Overleaf.
Feels like a writing companion.

✔︎ Polishing manuscripts
💲free for a limited number of uses, 6-16$ monthly

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ @ConsensusNLP @OpenAI @Writefullapp ✍️ | @penelopedotai

Upload a manuscript to quickly check if it fulfils journal requirements.
Automatically checks for common mistakes and generates a report.

✔ ︎Pre submission check of your manuscript
💲high setup costs + 1-2$ per check

@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ @ConsensusNLP @OpenAI @Writefullapp @penelopedotai All the tools:

⏵ Literature discovery: @RsrchRabbit, @LitmapsApp, @ConnectedPapers

⏵ Understanding: @paper_digest, @scispace_, @ConsensusNLP

⏵ Writing: @Writefullapp, @OpenAI, @penelopedotai

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@LitmapsApp

@LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit @ConnectedPapers @paper_digest @scispace_ @ConsensusNLP @OpenAI @Writefullapp @penelopedotai Doesn't it feel like "the future" to see all these new tools?

Use AI to eliminate tedium and make time for exciting research.

Stay on top of these developments by following @Artifexx!

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

Jun 19

Almost done with the slides for this upcoming webinar.

It will be aimed at note-taking and synthesis.

Here is a sneak peak:
👇

Note Taking

Most people take notes in the order they learn about the content.

This is wrong.

Conceptual notes are much more powerful.

Because you don't repeat yourself and use links instead.

Academic Note-taking

For academia, special rules apply.

You must protect yourself from plagiarism and always know where you learned what.

This is why you must use a source note template.

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

Jun 18

Everybody uses Google Docs.

But most don't install any of the 100+ extensions.

Unlock hidden features and save time with these 4 must-use extensions: 👇
(I use them for scientific papers)

What are extensions?

Extensions add functionality that Google Docs does not have.

Each extension adds a sidebar where it can be configured and activated.

Google does not develop these extensions but they gain access to your content.

Be aware of privacy issues.

1. Cross Reference

Allows you to generate numbers for figures automatically.

If you rearrange the figures, just click a button and all names and mentions are updated.

Works equally well for tables or equations.

Irreplaceable for academic work.

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

Jun 12

I thought I would spend days on this lit review.

It took me just 10 minutes (no joke)!

Here is how and what tool I used:
👇

My Topic:

I am figuring out how forests react to climate change in New Zealand.

The big question: Who has done it before?
(A vast literature review question that can take hours)

Googling it, I found only a single paper: [Wardle 1992]
Really!?

To check if there is really only one paper, I searched for this paper [Wardle 1992] on @LitmapsApp ...

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

May 28

Double your productivity in Google Docs.

Learn these 12 essential keyboard shortcuts.

Windows & Mac:
👇

1. Paste without Style

Ever pasted something from Word or a browser and noticed that the format is completely broken?

Paste without format to avoid this. Press:

⌘ + ⇧ + V (Mac)
CTRL + SHIFT + V (Win)

In this example I copy from MS Word and the style is totally off.

2. Fast navigation (any software)

You use the arrow ⬅️ keys ➡️ to go move the cursor letter by letter.

Hold ⎇ (ctrl on Win) to move word by word instead.
Hold ⌘ (home, end keys on Win) to move line by line.

Fix typos in milliseconds with this trick (Video is real time).

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

May 21

This is Niklas Luhmann.

He has more citations than 99% of scientists.
And 70+ books.

Here is how he did it:
(...steal his secret)

Luhmann (1927-1998) was a German sociologist and philosopher studying how societies function.

He wrote over 70 books and 400 articles on topics like law, politics, and art.

Luhmann described society as a self-sustaining system and was influential, especially in Germany.

Famous thinkers like Charles Darwin (20+ books) or Albert Einstein (300+ publications) share a common trait:

They think DEEPLY and SYSTEMATICALLY about their subject.

Luhmann's system however is the best documented through his note collection system: The Zettelkasten (photo).

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Ilya Shabanov

@Artifexx

May 16

Everybody uses Google Docs.

But most don't know its best features.

11 features that save time and make your work more professional:
(even for scientific papers)
👇

1. Folding

If you have a long document this is a life saver.

Create a heading.
Next to the heading click the ">" button to fold all text beneath this heading.

2. Table of Contents

The fastest way to get around in a document is to use the automatic table of contents.

Click the three line icon at the top left.

Now click the headings to navigate in your document.