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Litmaps
Research AI

Litmaps

Visual literature discovery and mapping

4.4
freemiumintermediateVerifiedSince 2021-06
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About Litmaps

Litmaps helps researchers discover and visualize the academic literature landscape around any topic. It creates interactive citation network maps that show how papers are connected, making it easy to find seminal works and emerging research trends.

Built by a team of researchers and engineers, Litmaps uses citation graph analysis combined with AI recommendations to surface relevant papers.

Platforms
Web
Best For
researchersStudents
Categories
Screenshot
Litmaps screenshot

Capabilities & Features

Free Tier
Customizable
Web Search
Collaboration
API AccessNo Signup RequiredOpen SourceWorks OfflineMultimodalVoice InputImage InputImage OutputVideo InputVideo OutputAudio OutputFile UploadCode ExecutionPluginsMemoryWhite LabelSelf-HostableBrowser Extension

Common Use Cases

1

research

2

summarization

Pricing Modelfreemium

Free Plan

3 maps per month, basic discovery

Paid Plan

Pro $10/mo

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Pros & Cons

Beautiful citation maps

Great for literature reviews

Seed-based discovery

Free tier is limited

Can be slow on large maps

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