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You can also search for articles using our Quick Search. Read about it here.
How to search for articles with Litmaps
Go to the Litmaps app
Click the search bar at the top left
Search for your research topic, or a paper you know
Select the article(s) relevant to your topic. These are your starting articles.
Click "Explore Related Articles"
That's it! You've created your first Litmap on your research.
Your starting articles are dark dots, connected to suggested articles which are hollow dots. You can see all the suggested articles are listed on the side too.
Search using your library
What makes Litmaps unique is that you can search on your entire research library.
Instead of just searching for starting articles in Litmaps, import articles from you reference manager. For example, you can use BibTeX, RIS or PubMed of your articles to create a Litmap.
Advanced Search with Litmaps
Use Litmaps Search Filters
Use customizable search filters to drill down on the right papers faster. Filter by:
Publication Date
Keyword
Author
Journal
Date Filter
Limit results to those published in this date range
Review historical work
Keyword filter
Limit results to those with these keywords in their title or abstract
Find potential research gaps
Find the right papers faster
Tip: Want to use "or" or "and" operators here? Click here to read how.
Journal Filter
Limit results to those published by these journals.
Author Filter
Limit results to those published by these authors.
Change the Search Algorithm
Litmaps lets you change the search algorithm; read about our algorithms here.
To change the algorithm:
Go to your Litmap
Click on "Top Shared Citations & References" at the top left
Select another algorithm
Ignore certain articles
To better customize your results, you can also ignore recommendations you don't find useful. Below each recommendation, next to the "More like this" option, you can hit the Ignore icon. Ignore has two options:
Ignore for now will stop the result from showing on this Litmap
Never recommend this will stop the result from showing on any Litmaps in this Workspace.