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Introduction to Litmaps
Introduction to Litmaps

Welcome to Litmaps, an online tool to help accelerate your literature review.

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Written by Digl Dixon
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How is Litmaps different from other tools?

Litmaps is different from other search databases and AI tools. Litmaps is the only tool that simultaneously:

  • Radically accelerates literature review

  • Empowers you to conduct precise and comprehensive searches

  • Uses transparent & reliable algorithms and data

  • Fosters collaboration

What really sets Litmaps apart is how you search. Litmaps searches the citation network and provides results in a visual literature map (a Litmap).

What’s the citation network?

When a paper references another paper, it indicates a link between the content of the two papers: There must be something in common between them for the reference to have been made.

We can represent this link using a line. Here, paper A cites paper B:

Other papers may have also cited paper B:

Indeed, B will have cited other papers itself!

These citation links continue on and on, create a massive citation network. Litmaps help you use the citation network to:

  1. Visualize how papers relate to one another

  2. Analyze trends to discover new papers

  3. Discover unexpected connections between topics

How do I get started with Litmaps?

Get started with Litmaps by searching for papers or visualizing your reserach.

Resources

Check out these resources to learn how to use Litmaps in your work:

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