Guide
The core loop, start to finish.
Search for a seed paper
Type into the search box (or use the mic icon to dictate) — results are merged and de-duplicated across OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and Crossref, including spelling variants (e.g. "tumour"/"tumor").
Pick a result to seed your map
Click a card, or its "Map citations" button — the graph loads that paper's one-hop neighborhood: what it cites (backward) and what cites it (forward), clustered by discipline.
Expand nodes
Click any node to open its detail panel — abstract, summary, publisher link — then use "Expand references" or "Expand citing papers" to grow the map from that node.
Filter and switch views
Use the filter bar to narrow by year, minimum citations, discipline, or abstract availability — applies to the graph (dims non-matching nodes) and the list/timeline views.
Find citation gaps
Click "Citation gaps" to surface papers cited by two or more papers already on your map that aren't in it yet — a strong signal you're missing something relevant.
Save your map
Click "Save" to keep the map on your account and come back to it later.
Compare across sources or fields
Select two or more disciplines in the filter bar, then click "Compare" — the same query splits into side-by-side columns per field (or per source, if none are selected), each with its own summary card.
Write a draft, with citations linked to real papers
Select papers from search results or citation-gap cards and use "Add to draft" — they land in a full-page document editor with a real citation link, not a deep-link buried in the text. Pick a citation style and insert it at your cursor from the sidebar.
Bring your own AI
Connect a model in AI settings — a local model like Ollama or LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compatible API. Ask it questions from the floating dock (about whatever's on your map) or right inside a draft (about that draft's cited papers) — every answer is checked against the source text before it's shown, and blocked rather than shown if it doesn't hold up.
Use the floating dock
A draggable dock (bottom-right, on every page once signed in) gives quick access without leaving what you're doing: a quick note bound to your active draft, "Ask AI" over your current map, and a standalone "Check AI text" tool for pasting in any text to check.
Upload a paper or recording
Got a scan, preprint, or audio file the live sources don't have? Upload it — a PDF/scan is OCR'd and its references extracted onto your map; audio is transcribed and saved as a draft; a .bib file is imported straight into your most recent draft as citations.
Check a document for AI-generated text or fabricated citations
From an uploaded document's page, run "Check for AI-generated text" (several independent signals, advisory only) or "Verify citations" (checks each reference against OpenAlex/Semantic Scholar/Crossref, with a web-search fallback) — both explained in plain language, not raw scores.
Connect Zotero
From your profile, connect your Zotero library with a personal API key — push a paper from your map straight into it, or pull your library in as seed candidates for a new map.