LibGuides: Literature Discovery through Citation Chaining and Mapping: Comparison of Mapping Tools

Comparison of Citation Mapping Tools

Connected Papers vs. Inciteful vs. Litmaps vs. Research Rabbit vs. Undermind (updated May 2024)


Access	www.connectedpapers.com	inciteful.xyz	www.litmaps.com	www.researchrabbit.ai	www.undermind.ai
Pricing	5 free maps per month; all features included (learn more)	Free for researchers	2 free maps at a time; 100 articles per map Up to 20 basic search (learn more)	"Forever free for researchers"	Free trial allows a limited no. of queries (learn more)
Data source	Semantic Scholar (learn more)	Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG) Semantic Scholar Unpaywall Crossref Open Citations (learn more)	Crossref Semantic Scholar OpenAlex (learn more)	Semantic Scholar PubMed	Semantic Scholar (learn more)
Input	One seed paper (search by title, DOI) A research topic (search by keywords) Add more seed papers	One or a set of seed papers (search by title, DOI, or import by BibTeX) Add more similar papers as seed papers	One or a set of seed papers (search by title, DOI, or import by BibTeX/RIS/Zotero) A research topic (search by keywords)	One or a set of seed papers (search by title, DOI, or import by BibTeX/RIS/Zotero) A research topic (search by keywords)	A research question or query in natural language, as detailed as possible
Key output	Visual map of related works Prior works Derivative works	Visual map of related works Similar Papers Most Important Papers Review Papers Top Authors Top Institutions Top Journals	Visual map of related works (on a timeline)	Visual map of related works Similar Work Earlier Work Later Work These authors Suggested authors	Visual map of related works (on a timeline) Visual map of related authors
Mechanism (Papers arranged by...)	Similarity (co-citation and bibliographic coupling)	Similarity (co-citation and bibliographic coupling) Importance (PageRank) (learn more)	Similarity ("top shared citations and references") Common Authorship Patterns Similar Abstract & Title Content (learn more)	Not clearly stated	"Relative citation influence" (topic match score + centrality of the paper in the citation network)
Share the Map	By URL, Email, via social media	By URL	By URL or email	By URL Invite collaborators by email	By URL
Export the papers	BibTeX	BibTeX, RIS	BibTeX, RIS, CSV	BibTeX, RIS	BibTeX, RIS
Alert on new papers	Yes (weekly)	-	Yes (weekly or monthly)	Yes	-