Connected Papers
Overview
Connected Papers is a visual tool for exploring the academic literature landscape. It creates an interactive graph showing papers related to a seed paper, helping researchers discover relevant work and understand the research field structure.
Key Features
- Visual Graph Interface: See relationships between papers in an intuitive network diagram
- Citation Analysis: Identify seminal works and derivative papers
- Prior and Derivative Works: Distinguish between papers that came before and after your seed paper
- Similarity Algorithm: Papers positioned based on bibliographic coupling and co-citation
- Time Navigation: View how research has evolved over time
- Export Capabilities: Save graphs and lists for future reference
Use Cases in Research
- Conducting comprehensive literature reviews
- Discovering relevant papers you might have missed
- Understanding the evolution of a research topic
- Identifying key papers and influential authors in a field
- Finding review papers and foundational studies
- Exploring new research directions and related topics
Getting Started
Visit connectedpapers.com and enter a paper DOI or search for a paper to generate its connection graph.