Scite.ai – Trial access to the Full Version until June 19th

Scite.ai – Trial access to the Full Version until June 19th

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The pursuit of scientific knowledge is becoming increasingly complex and we are faced with the challenge of navigating an ever-expanding sea of information. Scite.ai is a platform that aims to remedy this problem: It uses artificial intelligence to process the content and citations in scientific publications, creating new ways to discover and evaluate scientific literature. Until June 19th 2023 all UZH members have access to the full version of Scite.ai.


What is scite.ai?

Scite.ai is a tool which offers a quantitative and qualitative insight into how scientific publications cite each other. It uses access to full-text articles and its deep learning model to tell you, for a given publication:

  • how many times it was cited by others
  • how it was cited by others by displaying the text where the citation happened from each citing paper
  • whether a particular citation supports, disputes, or simply mentions a scientific claim

Learn more about how scite.ai works. (https://help.scite.ai/en-us/article/what-is-scite-1widqmr/)


Who can use scite.ai?

Scite is useful for anyone who reads scientific literature – offering a variety of features to all levels from students to advanced researchers. It can be used for literature reviews and analyses, for writing a paper and even for identifying experts in a certain field of research.
Learn more about how to use scite.ai. (https://help.scite.ai/en-us/category/tutorials-guides-dklh98/)

Until June 19th 2023 all UZH members have access to the full version of Scite.ai (use the network “uzh” or connect to the UZH VPN when off-campus). Do not hesitate to contact us with questions or feedback!


Further features and resources

  • A browser extension enables you to see Smart Citations anywhere you’re reading a scientific article online. 
  • Reference Check feature for checking drafts of an article, course paper, or an essay in .docx or .pdf, immediately detecting retracted publications or publications with editorial concern in your reference list.
  • Scite Assistant, which validates ChatGPT texts and ensures there are no false statements, providing a source reference for every statement made, thus avoiding “hallucination citations” typically found in ChatGPT texts.

More information on “Smart Citations”: Nicholson, J. M. (2021). Smart(er) Citations. Matter, 4(3), 756–758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.02.007

Anna Veron, Liaison Librarian