Scite Freemium

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.