Scite
Evaluate and discover research literature through context-aware Smart Citations
Executive Summary
Scite is an AI-powered scientific research platform designed to help researchers evaluate and discover scientific literature through Smart Citations. Rather than treating citations as simple counts, Scite extracts the context of citation statements from full-text papers to show whether subsequent publications support, contrast, or mention the cited claims. Indexed across hundreds of millions of scholarly articles and over 1.2 billion citation statements, Scite provides tools such as Scite Assistant for citation-backed question answering, deep literature search, and reference validation. It integrates directly into researcher workflows via browser extensions, reference managers, an MCP server for LLMs, and REST APIs for enterprise and institutional research.
Use Cases
- Evaluating the reproducibility and scientific consensus behind published research claims
- Screening literature to identify contrasting findings or supporting evidence
- Synthesizing scientific literature with verified, citation-backed AI answers
- Auditing reference lists in bibliographies and manuscripts for disputed or retracted citations
Features
Visibility
- Smart Citation Badges: Visual indicators indicating the counts of supporting, mentioning, and contrasting citations for articles.
- Visual Citation Network: Graph-based visualization showing how research papers link together and influence scientific consensus.
Intelligence
- Scite Assistant: Generative research assistant that constructs answers grounded purely in real, peer-reviewed scientific citations.
- Smart Citation Context Snippets: Inline display of the exact sentence where a source was cited along with surrounding context.
Support
- Knowledge Base & Webinars: Online self-service tutorials, academic documentation, and regular training webinars.
- Helpdesk Support: Direct email and chat-based customer support for researchers and enterprise institutions.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native platform leveraging NLP citation classification pipelines indexing full-text open-access and publisher-licensed literature
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Authentication
- SSO/SAML, OAuth/OIDC
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- Yes
Infrastructure
- AWS
AI/ML Stack
- Custom NLP/LLM classification models
- OpenAI / Claude integrations
Integrations
- Zotero
- Mendeley
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Overleaf
- Chrome Extension
- Firefox Extension
Security & Compliance
Certifications: GDPR
Encryption: Encryption in transit via TLS and encryption at rest
Pricing
- Model
- Subscription (Freemium / Per-user tier)
- Starting Price
- $20/month
- Target Customer
- SMB,Mid-Market,Enterprise
- Contract Type
- Monthly or Annual
- Free Trial
- Yes, 7 days (credit card required)
About Scite.ai
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