Scite is an AI research tool that goes beyond citation counting to analyze how papers cite each other — distinguishing between papers that 'support,' 'contrast,' or 'mention' a claim. This citation context analysis provides something standard citation metrics can't: an understanding of whether a paper's findings have been confirmed or challenged by subsequent research, critical for assessing the reliability of scientific claims.

The Smart Citations feature shows not just that Paper B cites Paper A, but what Paper B actually says about Paper A — whether it confirms the finding, provides contradicting evidence, or simply references it. This lets researchers quickly assess whether key findings have strong confirmatory support or have been contested in ways that standard citation counts don't reveal.

Scite also includes an AI assistant that can answer research questions with cited evidence, a Dashboard for monitoring the citation landscape around published work, and Research Feeds that track new publications in specific areas. For researchers, systematic reviewers, and anyone who needs to assess the evidentiary status of scientific claims, Scite provides a layer of insight that PubMed, Google Scholar, and general citation databases don't offer.

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Use Scite's citation analysis on the foundational papers in your field. Seeing whether those foundational claims have been supported or contested by more recent literature often changes how you interpret the field's current state.

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