#connectedpapers

[violetsandshrikes]

to all my researchers, students and people in general who love learning: if you don't know this already, i'm about to give you a game changer

connectedpapers

the basic rundown is: you use the search bar to enter a topic, scientific paper name or DOI. the website then offers you a list of papers on the topic, and you choose the one you're looking for/most relevant one. from here, it makes a tree diagram of related papers that are clustered based on topic relatability and colour-coded by time they were produced!

for example: here i search "human B12"

i go ahead and choose the first paper, meaning my graph will be based around it and start from the topics of "b12 levels" and "fraility syndrome"

here is the graph output! you can scroll through all the papers included on the left, and clicking on each one shows you it's position on the chart + will pull up details on the paper on the right hand column (title, authors, citations, abstract/summary and links where the paper can be found)

you get a few free graphs a month before you have to sign up, and i think the free version gives you up to 5 a month. there are paid versions but it really depends how often you need to use this kinda thing.

#honestly it is quite fun #scienceblr #studyblr #connectedpapers #anyway yeah be free everyone have fun #resources #katie rambles

[somerabbitholes]

hi. im a first year student, and for one of my classes i have to write a research paper as my first assignment. do you have any ideas about how to do this? currently im having a really hard time finding the right books/research papers for my citations. thank you 🌻

hi!

how to research

on organising your research

as for finding the right sources, all you really need is one right source which will then lead you to more sources, more themes, more ideas. i would really recommend connectedpapers or researchrabbit where you can search for a paper/source and it'll draw up a graph for you of everything thematically connected to it.

#answered #anonymous #research #studyblr

[ethereal-scramble]

May 3, 2023 (Day 1/60)

I managed to read through my supervisor's paper. I will be honest, I don't quite grasp how he did his analysis. I read it several times over and took notes but maybe I'm just not there yet in terms of statistical knowledge. I also read a few other papers and tried out Litmaps for the first time. I'm not entirely sold on that site as the free version is, indeed, limited and the whole concept is also not that straightforward either. I thought I'd found a good number of articles but then I kept finding other, super obvious ones on my own so now I'm not sure whether it was due to user error or Litmaps really isn't that good. Anyway, I still intend to write my review application by Friday and maybe also submit it by Friday. I am aware it's Wednesday night but I've achieved bigger academic miracles in my school career before lmao.

I woke up at noon so no points for the sleeping schedule yet but I am determined to go to bed on time tonight. I'm learning to cut myself some slack and to let the unfinished tasks go. I'm only human, after all; whatever I didn't manage today, I'll do tomorrow.

I did not move a muscle beyond going down and up 2 flights of stairs to throw the trash out so I'm counting that as a minus.

⏩ On a side note, can anyone recommend good literature review tools? I know of connectedpapers, Litmaps, and ResearchRabbit. What does everyone use?

#personal #phdblr #gradblr #university #100 days of productivity #stemblr #studyblr #60 days of productivity #Productivity #Litmaps #research rambles #Research #literature review #science #laboratory #research scientist #ethereal academic

[violetsandshrikes]

Since sharing this post about a usful AI used to compile and graph research papers, I've realised I have a few other resources I can share with people!

Note: I haven't had a chance to use every single one of these. A group of post-grad students has been slowly compiling an online list, and these are some I've picked out that are free (or should be free and also have paid versions). However, other students using them have all verified them as safe.

Inciteful (Using Citations to Explore Academic Literature | Inciteful.xyz) – similar to connectedpapers + researchrabbit. Also allows you to connect two papers and see how they are linked. Currently free.

Spinbot (Spinbot - Article Spinning, Text Rewriting, Content Creation Tool.) – article spinner + paraphraser. Useful for difficult articles/papers. Currently free (ad version).

Elicit (Elicit: The AI Research Assistant)  – AI research assistant, creates workflow. Mainly for lit reviews. Finds relevant papers, summarises + analyses them, finds criticism of them. Free (?)

Natural Reader (AI Voices - NaturalReader Home (naturalreaders.com)) – text to speech. Native speakers. Usually pretty reliable, grain of salt. Free + paid versions.

Otter AI (Otter.ai - Voice Meeting Notes & Real-time Transcription) – takes notes and transcribes video calls. Pretty accurate. Warn people Otter is entering call or it is terrifying. Free + paid versions.

Paper Panda (🐼 PaperPanda — Access millions of research papers in one click) – get research papers free. Chrome extension. Free.

Docsity (About us - Docsity Corporate) – get documents from university students globally. Useful for notes.

Desmos (Desmos | Let's learn together.) – online free graphing calculator. Free (?)

Core (CORE – Aggregating the world’s open access research papers) – open access research paper aggregation.

Writefull (Writefull X: AI applied to academic writing) – Academic AI. Paraphrasing, title generator, abstract generator, apparently ChatGPT detector now. Free.

Photopea (Photopea | Online Photo Editor) – Photoshop copy but run free and online. Same tools. Free.

Draw IO (Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Software) – Flowchart/diagram maker. Free + paid versions.

Weava (Weava Highlighter - Free Research Tool for PDFs & Webpages (weavatools.com)) – Highlight + annotate webpages and pdfs. Free + paid versions.

Unsplash (Beautiful Free Images & Pictures | Unsplash) – free to use images.

Storyset (Storyset | Customize, animate and download illustration for free) – open source illustrations. Free.

Undraw (unDraw - Open source illustrations for any idea) – open source illustrations. Free.

8mb Video (8mb.video: online compressor FREE) – video compression (to under 8mb). Free.

Just Beam It (JustBeamIt - file transfer made easy) – basically airdrop files quickly and easily between devices. Free.

Jimpl (Online photo metadata and EXIF data viewer | Jimpl) – upload photos to see metadata. Can also remove metadata from images to obscure sensitive information. Free.

TL Draw (tldraw) – web drawing application. Free.

Have I Been Pwned (Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach) – lets you know if information has been taken in a data breach. If so, change passwords. Free.

If you guys have any feedback about these sites (good or bad), feel free to add on in reblogs or flick me a message and I can add! Same thing with any broken links or additions.

#free resources #academia #<- tag i was originally using for this stuff #useful websites #katie rambles

[violetsandshrikes]

Kisses you for that connectedpapers link - or, thanks you profusly if you don't want to be kissed by a stranger

i got you! some people have definitely scoffed at those ais, but being able to visualise and sort information like that has been an actual game changer for me. i hope it helps! im currently using researchrabbit because it's free and i like that i can link it to zotero, but if it works it works!

#katie rambles #asks