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It's easy to bring in papers from other applications and reference managers into Litmaps.
In this guide, we'll show you how to import papers into Litmaps, so you can start exploring their connections and seeing your existing research from new angles.
Do you have articles stored elsewhere, but don't know how to export them?
See this guide on how to export papers from your reference manager (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, PaperPile etc.)
Importing Articles into a Litmap
In this section, we'll cover how to create a new Litmap with articles you already have stored.
Go to the Litmaps app
Click "New Litmap"
Click "Import"
Drop in a BibTeX, RIS or Pubmed of articles you have. Click here to see how to export papers from external sources.
Click "Create Litmap"
Done! You now have a Litmap of your articles.
You can use your Litmap to review your existing collection, search for more related, articles, design a custom Map, or enable search monitoring.
Importing Articles into a Tag
In addition to creating a new Litmap with imported articles, you can also bring in your articles and save them in Litmaps using Tags. Here's how:
Go to the Litmaps app
Click the new Tag icon, in the left side-bar:
Name your new Tag, and click "Done"
Click
at the top right of your Tag.Click "Import"
Drop in a BibTeX, RIS or Pubmed of articles you have. Click here to see how to export papers from external sources.
Click "Add to Tag"
Now, you've saved all your imported papers to a new Tag. If you want to expand your research and find more articles related to these, then just click 
at the top of the Tag.