ResearchRabbit review

Best for

Mapping a research field and finding papers connected to ones you already trust

Price

Freemium · from $10/month
Free: Unlimited searches and collections, up to 50 seed articles

Platforms

Web

Made by

Litmap Limited

What it is

ResearchRabbit starts from papers you already know and maps the citations, references and authors around them across more than 310 million articles. As you add papers it learns your interests and suggests more, and collections can be shared with collaborators.

What the AI does

• Citation-network maps from seed papers
• Recommendations that learn from your collection
• Author and co-author exploration
• Signals alerts on your research

Pros and cons

How it scores

A great free discovery map, but it doesn't read or summarise papers for you.

Feature checklist · 4 of 9

• ✓Searches a large database of academic papers (yes)
• –Answers from your own uploaded PDFs and documents (no)
• –Inline citations linked to the exact source (no)
• –Multi-step deep research reports (no)
• –Extracts details from papers into tables (no)
• –Shows whether studies support or contradict a claim (no)
• ✓Discovers related papers through citations or recommendations (yes)
• ✓Exports citations or connects to Zotero (yes)
• ✓Useful free plan (yes)

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Alternatives

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• Gemini Notebook 8.8/10Students and researchers who already have their sources and want to understand, question and summarise them
• Perplexity 8.4/10Fast cited overviews of a topic across the web and academic sources
• Consensus 8.3/10Students, clinicians and anyone checking what the research says about a specific question
• ChatGPT deep research 8.0/10Professionals who want a thorough written briefing on a complex topic

Gemini Notebook vs ResearchRabbit

Sources

• ResearchRabbit pricing
• Best AI tools for academic research in 2026 (Rework)