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Scite
Description
An AI platform for checking scientific literature through Smart Citations: for a given paper it shows how later studies cite it and whether they support or contradict its claims. The AI assistant answers questions with citations to the sources, and you can search the full text of citations and organize papers into collections. It integrates with Zotero, has a browser extension, an API and an MCP connector. It runs in the browser at scite.ai.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Shows whether later studies support or contradict a paper
- Answers come with citations to the sources
- Works with Zotero and has a browser extension
Cons
- No permanent free plan, only a 7-day trial
- Interface is in English only
Key facts
- Free access
- Free trial only 7-day free trial, then paid only
- Pricing
- Pricing on the official site →
- Developer
- Research Solutions
- Interface languages
- English
- Checked on
- Oct 21, 2026
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