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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

Mar 11, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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R Discovery is an AI-powered app that makes your literature review super-easy, super-fast.

It integrates with Zotero and Mendeley and is totally FREE!

Here's how to use it:

Go to App Store or Play Store and download R Discovery.

Select your research area and choose the topics you are interested in.

R Discovery will give you a list of recently published articles in your research area.

Here it's showing me an article that was published as recently as 1 Mar (just ten days ago).

This is very useful.

For better organization, you can create different "Lists" of articles for different projects.

Tap on the Library button in the bottom-right corner, then tap on "Create a List."

Give you list a name and start browsing articles.

Add relevant articles to your list.

Once you've added a few articles, simply export the list to Zotero or Mendeley.

You can conduct your literature review while doing things like commuting or waiting for a doctor's appointment.

Want to know more about how you can become an efficient academic writer with AI apps?

I have a complete tutorial for you. Link in my pinned tweet.

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Small businesses can't hire expensive desginers for fancy logos and branding materials..

Genspark AI Designer @genspark_ai can help you with it.

It generated a logo for my coaching business and branded presentation templates — with a single prompt:

1. Go to and ask it to design a logo for your business.

I asked it to design a logo for my academic writing coaching business. It did a wonderful job. genspark.ai/ai_designer

2. Once it generates a design, you can edit with a simple prompt.

Click on the logo and ask Genspark AI to change its background or font color.

And it will do the needful.

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ChatGPT has a great feature called Projects, which you can use to make it a reliable research assistant with no hallucinations.

Not many academics seem to be using it though.

Here's how to make ChatGPT Project your research assistant:

1. Open ChatGPT and click on "New Project" in the left taskbar.

Choose a name for your project and click on "Create project."

2. Once you've created a project, you will see two options: Add files and Add instructions.

Click on "Add instructions" and type in details about your research project.

Be precise and to-the-point. You can also ask it to not respond to questions related to your project.

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

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Chat Academia now offers a FREE plan.

• Brainstorm research questions
• Run searches across multiple databases
• Generate literature maps
• Extract relevant information from papers

Here's how to use Chat Academia for free:

1. Go to and click on "Get started."

Select the free plan. chatacademia.com

2. Select "Research Gap Finder" and click on "Create session."

Type in the topic of your research project.

It will give you a list of potential research quesions. Go through them and select one you find more intersting.

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An updated list of 60 apps for academic writing and research:

Finding Research Gaps

• Research Kick
researchkick[.]com/start
Pricing: $9/m, $99/year

Intergrating AI with Academic Databases

• Chat Academia

Pricing: $15/mchatacademia.com

AI-Powered Search Engines for Researchers

• Scite Assistant
scite[.]ai/assistant
Pricing: $20/m, $120/year

• Consensus
consensus[.]app
Pricing: $11.99/m. Free plan with limited features.

• Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar[.]org
Pricing: Free

• Scinapse
scinapse[.]io
Pricing: $39/m. Free plan with limited features.

• Evidence Hunt
evidencehunt[.]com (for biomedical sciences only)
Pricing: €120/year. Free plan with limited features.

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Four AI-powered apps that generate detailed research reports with references to published sources:

1. Storm (Free)

Go to storm[.]genie[.]stanford[.]edu and log in.

Type in your question in the search box. Storm will ask you the purpose of your question. Type in your answer.

Storm will generate a detailed report with references.

You can also download the report as a PDF.

2. Elicit

Go to elicit[.]com and log in.

Enter your question. Elicit will give you suggestions to refine it.

Choose if you want a fast, balanced, or comprehensive answer. Then click on "Generate report."

It'll give you a detailed research report. By far the best results.

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Genspark's AI Docs is a great tool to get your scut work done.

Simply give it a link, a prompt, and it will draft tutorials, resumes, and quizzes in minutes — sort of vibe working.

Vibe Working is about using AI as your assistant.

Here's how to use @genspark_ai:

1. Go to genspark[.]ai Click on "AI Docs."

Copy a link to a YouTube video and ask AI Docs to draft a step-by-step tutorial based on the video.

It will give you a tutorial, which you can edit.

You can also download the document as a Word file or a PDF.

2. AI Docs can draft your resume based on your LinkedIn profile.

Paste the link to your LinkedIn profile and ask it to draft a resume.

Mention the job you are applying for and it will optimize your resume accordingly.

You can also edit the resume within AI Docs.