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Finding papers for literature review, downloading them, and organizing them takes time, a lot of time.

Genspark's Download Agent automates this whole process.

It searches relevant papers, downloads, and organize them in folders with a single prompt.

Here's how to use it:
1. Go to and sign up for a free account. genspark.ai
2. In the search bar, type in your research topic and ask Genspark Super Agent to download relevant papers. That's it.

It will search the web and download the papers.
3. Once it's done, it will give you a link "Download Collection."

Click on it and it will open the collection in its "AI Drive."

Click on a paper and Genspark will open it in a new window. Now you can read it and take notes.
4. You can also ask questions about a given paper.

Hover your cursor in front of a paper and click on "Super Agent."

It will answer your questions with reference to the content of the paper.
5. You can also run a search in Google Scholar and give its link to Genspark Super Agent.

Simply paste the link in the search bar and ask it to download available papers.

It'll do the needful. Please note, it can only download unpaywalled papers.
6. It will download the papers and give you a list to the collection.

Click the link and it will open the collection for you.

To read a paper, simply click on it and Genspark will open it in a new window.
7. Genspark can also convert any papers into a presentation with single prompt.

Click on "AI Slides," upload a paper, and ask it to generate a presentation with the required number of slides.
8. Once it's done, click on "View & Export."

It will open the presentation in new window. You can present from within the app.

You can also export it as a PowerPoint. To do so, click on "Export" in the top-right corner and select "PPTX."
9. Genspark also offers a general purpose "AI Chat."

It has web search and several AI models including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek.

Select the model you want to and type in your question.

Here it gave me a detailed list of all of my publications and a graph.
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Jun 2
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:A red rectangle highlights the free plan on Chat Academia's pricing page.
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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May 25
Finding common themes across papers and extracting relevant information takes a lot of time and effort.

Chat Academia now lets you do this in a matter of minutes.

Upload papers, identify themes, and it will give you a table with required information.

Here's how to use it: A table generated by Chat Academia containing columns for summary, obbjectives, conclusion, and intervention for multiple academic papers.
1. Go to and sign in to your account.

On the homepage, you will see an option "Paper Table." chatacademia.com
2. Click on "Paper Table" and then "Create a new table" in the top-right corner.
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May 16
Mapping connections between research topics and publications is a time-consuming task.

NextNet is an AI app that can help you with it. It lets you run visual searches for topics related to life sciences.

It's free and very easy to use: A graph generated by NextNet.
1. Go to getnextnet[.]com and click on "Get NextNet free."

Sign up for a free account.
2. Select "Explorer" in the left bar and type in your query.

NextNet will generate a graph containing nodes about diseases, drugs, genes, research publications, and so on.
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May 15
Finding research gaps takes a lot of time and labor.

Research Kick can help you with it.

It analyzes millions of papers in Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and PubMed to help you find research gaps — in minutes.

Here's how to use it: A screenshot of Research Kick showing that a research question has not been adequately answered in published literature.
1. Go to and click on "Get started."

Sign up with your email or Google account.

To use the app, you will need to buy a subscription plan:

10,000 credits for $9/month
120,000 credits for $99/year researchkick.com
2. This is how your Research Kick would look like.

It offers multiple LLMs including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.

Select a model you want to use.
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May 15
Most AI apps for research need paid subscriptions, but Bohrium is free.

• Integrates Deep Seek with databases containing 160M+ papers.

• Answers questions with references to published papers.

Here's how to use Bohrium to supercharge your literature discovery:
1. Go to bohrium(dot)com and click on "Log in" in the bottom-left corner.

Enter your email to sign up for a free account.
2. In the bottom of the chat box, you will see options for AI models and databases.

Bohrium has integrated databases for natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, and the humanities.

Select "DeepThink" for detailed answers.
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May 3
Apps like ChatGPT are unsuitable for scientific research. They generate fake references to papers that don't exist.

So, researchers at Future House built an AI scientist.

It generates detailed literature reviews with references to state-of-the-art research. And it's free.🧵
1. Go to futurehouse[.]org.

Click on "Platform" in the top-right corner. Sign up for a free account.

Future House has four AI agents:

• Crow: Concise search
• Falcon: Detailed literature reviews
• Owl: Finding literature gaps
• Pheonix: Chemistry-related queries
2. Select "Crow" and type in your question.

It'll look up relevant sources, gather evidence, and compose an answer. Click on "Results" to read it.

Hover your cursor over an endnote and it will show you the abstract of the paper cited.

A Crow search takes ~5 min.
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