Have a long list of papers to dive into?

Transform that intimidating list into a clear plan using Maps.

Here's how to organise your papers in minutes
(with our new feature, customisable maps!): Millions of papers come out every year - so having a clear priority strategy is critical to not missing the important ones.

Here, we'll use Maps to quickly prioritise the papers we need to read first.

To start, sign up for Litmaps at litmaps (dot) com - it takes a minute.

We love seeing researchers optimise their research process with automated tools.

But one thing is often forgotten: keeping it up!

Get automatic emails with new, relevant papers on your topic
(with Litmaps Discover): Searching for literature is almost never a one-time act. New research is always coming out.

But you don't need to check in manually to stay up-to-date. Litmaps Discover lets you do this automatically.

It takes only 2 steps.

Many students face the same challenge with lit reviews.

Finding papers is fine - it's information overload that's the problem!

Here's how to go from a research question to the 3 best papers to start reading:
(using our free tool - Litmaps Seed): Instead of sifting through 100s of papers manually, use automated tools to find the papers you actually need to read.

We'll go from a research topic, to the 3 most relevant papers to read on it.

Step 1: Go to litmaps (dot) com and sign in. It takes a minute to make a new acct.

Tools can help speed up your research workflow, that's pretty obvious.

But using the right tool is key.

Here's how Litmaps integrates with 3 other great tools to get the most out of them:

ChatGPT
SciSpace
Zotero

⬇️ ChatGPT + Litmaps

Use the ChatGPT Litmaps Plugin

Just type in free text like "Show me papers on..." and get instant paper recommendations

Unlike "normal" ChatGPT, it won't hallucinate

https://twitter.com/LitmapsApp/status/1671393130610937857

Impromptu Wikipedia meets instant deep-dive.

Combine AI-powered SciSpace with Litmaps to answer any question and then dive into the research yourself.

Here's how to explore a new topic in 5 steps: @scispace_ is an AI-driven tool that provides instant Wikipedia-like entries for any topic. It's great to quickly answer any research question.

But, answers are just the first step. Research is about finding gaps and making NEW contributions.

That's where Litmaps comes in.

Research is much more than searching for papers

Here are 9 ways you can use Litmaps to get research done faster.

And in-depth guides for each! Litmaps apps use the citation network to recommend papers for you.

The citation network is how all papers are connected to each other, by citing one another.

The goal is to make it easy to find relevant papers for your research project.

But Litmaps can do way more than this.

The busiest and most successful researchers know one truth:

FREEDOM COMES FROM STRUCTURE

According to Timothy Slater, author of The Busy Professor.

Here's structure to conquer your reading list in 10 mins.

ps - the cool thing is these principles apply to anything. 1 - 🕙 SET ASIDE TIME

Set aside 10 minutes.

Put it in your calendar or notebook.

And stick to it!

⚠️ Don't skip this. Remember the Eisenhower Matrix. Setting time makes it important, even if it's not urgent.

Find gaps in your research in 2 minutes

See how 👇 [Step 1] You might be organizing your library with a research manager – one like Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.

To use it with Litmaps, we'll need to export a BibTeX file. These are special files that contain your references.

This only takes a couple of clicks, see below.