AI search for scientific literature, showing the papers behind each answer
Free plan
Overview
- Purpose
- AI search for scientific literature, showing the papers behind each answer
- Category
- Office
- Pricing
- Free plan available; advanced features and usage per the official plans Official pricing (opens in a new tab)
- Developer
- Consensus
- Official site
- https://consensus.app (opens in a new tab)
Main features
- Searches academic papers by research question
- Generates cited analyses of relevant papers
- Filters results by paper characteristics
Best for
Suited to people who first want to see what research evidence exists on a question, such as findings on a learning method, and then check each cited paper.
Things to know
- AI can misread papers; read the original study before citing
- Search results are not guaranteed to cover all relevant literature
- Studies differ in samples and methods; do not judge by the number of conclusions alone
FAQ
- Do answers give the source papers?
- The official documentation states AI analyses include clickable in-text citations that lead to the supporting papers.
- Can it replace reading the full text?
- No. Important conclusions still require checking the full paper, methods and conditions of applicability.