Research tools
The layer that makes the databases usable — reference managers, deduplication engines, citation-analysis platforms, systematic-review tools, and the new class of AI research assistants.
Where they’re strong: they turn raw search results into managed libraries, clean systematic reviews, network maps, and fast first-pass synthesis. Where to watch: AI assistants can miss studies or overstate a finding, so verify every extracted claim against the source.
The toolkit: Zotero and the reference managers, Scite for citation context, ASySD and Rayyan and Covidence for systematic reviews, Connected Papers and VOSviewer for mapping, and Elicit, Consensus, and SciSpace for AI-assisted discovery.