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ResearchRabbit
ResearchRabbit helps researchers discover academic papers, map citation connections, and organize literature reviews.
ResearchRabbit is a web tool for exploring academic literature. Users start with keywords or seed papers, then browse related work, citations, references, authors, and visual maps.
It supports collections, notes, collaboration, Zotero import, and BibTeX import and export. The core tier is free; RR+ adds advanced search controls, searches from up to 300 articles, multiple projects, and other premium features. It supports discovery and organization but does not replace library databases.
Features
- Search academic literature using keywords, topics, titles, or DOIs
- Explore similar work, earlier work, later work, citations, and references
- Visualize connections between papers, authors, and research concepts
- Save papers into collections and subcollections
- Import references from Zotero
- Import and export articles using BibTeX files
- Add notes, stickers, and colors to research items
- Share collections or create public links for collaborators
Use cases
- Find foundational papers when starting a literature review
- Trace citations and related work from known seed papers
- Map authors, papers, and concepts in an unfamiliar research field
- Organize articles and notes across multiple research topics
- Share collections with research collaborators
- Check a literature review for gaps using RR+ search tools
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Starting price
- $10* per month
- Pricing checked
- 2026-09-19
Free
$0, Forever!
- Unlimited searches across 310+ million articles
- Unlimited library and collections
- Collaborate by sharing your collection
- Use up to 50 seed articles
- Core search settings
ResearchRabbit+
$10* per month
- Everything in Free Forever
- Use up to 300 seed articles for large scale reviews
- Advanced search controls for faster discovery
- Multiple projects for focused discovery per topic
- Signals alerts to protect research integrity
- Faster support responses
ResearchRabbit+
$12.5* per month
- Everything in Free Forever
- Use up to 300 seed articles for large scale reviews
- Advanced search controls for faster discovery
- Multiple projects for focused discovery per topic
- Signals alerts to protect research integrity
- Faster support responses
Institution
Contact Us
- Everything in RR+
- Greater volume discounts
- Integrate with your research library (LibKey)
- Manage thousands of users
- Review usage statistics and learn about your researchers
- Dedicated support