What is Scite?
Scite combines scholarly search with Smart Citations and a research assistant. Citation context helps investigate whether later work supports, contrasts with or mentions a finding; classifications are aids to reading, not a substitute for evaluating a paper.
If you are still gathering papers around the question, start with a paper search in Consensus.
Official website: scite.aiShould you pay for Scite or check library access first?
If you have university or employer access, check its library or research tools portal before purchasing a personal plan. To test whether the product helps, look up a familiar DOI and use a Smart Citation report to see how later papers cite the claim.
- Open the citing passage and check what it says in context before using the citation as evidence.
- Compare the personal and institutional access options if you need the tool for ongoing work or several people.
Limits to check before you start
- A citation label is not a final quality judgment.
- Full-text access and advanced tools depend on the service and plan.
What can you use it for?
- Investigate whether a finding has been challenged.
- Build a source trail for a research answer.
Who is it for?
- Researchers checking evidence and the context around a citation.
How to use it
- Search a paper, claim or research question.
- Open citation passages and inspect the original context.
- Compare the evidence before writing a conclusion.
Core features
- Inspect supporting, contrasting and mentioning citation contexts.
- Search literature and follow sources from Assistant answers.
Benefits
- Inspect supporting, contrasting and mentioning citation contexts.
Frequently asked questions
Does a supporting citation prove a claim is true?
No. Read the cited passage and evaluate the underlying study.
Can I trace an Assistant answer to sources?
The documented workflow links answers to research; inspect those papers yourself.
Pricing & plans
The official site advertises a free trial and paid access. Check current individual or institutional terms; a trial is not ongoing free use.
View official pricingCompany & contact information
- Company / team
- Scite
- Official documentation
- https://scite.ai/pricing
Product images
Open an image for the full view. These official product previews, documentation, interfaces and examples may include paid features; check the relevant plan.
Sources
Compiled from the linked official pricing and help pages, not a hands-on product test. Check current features, allowances and rights at the source.
- Scite — official product documentationhttps://scite.ai/
- Scite — official plans and helphttps://scite.ai/pricing
- Scite — Official Scite Zotero-plugin repository preview, linked from Scite’s website.https://github.com/scitedotai/scite-zotero-plugin
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