Scite Freemium

Smart Citations Tool to See How Research Is Really Used

Scite is a smart-citations research platform that tells you not only that a paper has been cited, but how. Using artificial intelligence, Scite analyzes citation context across millions of scientific articles and labels each reference as supporting, contrasting, or merely mentioning a given claim.

Researchers and writers use Scite to evaluate sources quickly, check their own reference lists, and find trustworthy backing for arguments. Its citation-context views turn time-consuming literature checks into a fast, reliable part of the writing and review process.

What is Scite?

Scite is a research assistant that shows how papers are cited with Smart Citations that classify whether sources support or contradict claims across millions of articles.

Product Features

  • Smart Citations that label each citation as supporting, contrasting, or mentioning.
  • Search across 180-plus million research articles and cited statements.
  • Citation Context visualization to see surrounding claims quickly.
  • Journal and article quality indicators from reference behavior.
  • Reference checking for your own manuscript before submission.
  • Chrome extension that colors citations while you read the web.

Product Highlights

  • Goes beyond counts to show whether a paper actually supports a claim.
  • Saves hours of manual checking when evaluating sources.
  • Helps identify retracted or weakly supported references in your drafts.
  • Strong citation context views that researchers can trust.

Use Cases

  • A graduate student verifying whether key methods support their conclusions.
  • A researcher writing a lit review who wants to avoid citing weak claims.
  • An author checking their reference list for contrasting or retracted papers.
  • A grant writer proving the foundation of a proposal with real support.
  • A science communicator explaining how studies relate to headlines.