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Scite
Scite searches scholarly literature, explains how papers are cited, and grounds AI answers in linked evidence for researchers, students, and research teams.
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scite.ai·From $20/ month·Checked 2026-08-26
›What is Scite?
Scite is an AI research platform for searching scholarly literature and evaluating evidence. Its Smart Citations show whether later research supports, contradicts, or mentions a paper. The AI Assistant answers questions using scientific sources and links claims to the specific sentences that support them.
›What are the pros and cons of Scite?
Strengths
Shows citation context rather than only citation counts
Links AI-generated claims to specific sentences in source papers
Combines licensed scholarly content with the full open-access corpus
Covers more than journal articles, including patents, clinical trials, grants, preprints, and datasets
Offers integrations with common AI assistants, Zotero, and an API
Trade-offs
Citation classification accuracy still requires human checking
It is not a self-contained systematic-review platform, and comprehensiveness depends on the researcher's methods
Basic limits collections to 1,000 papers, while Pro raises the limit to 10,000
API access and patent, clinical trial, and grant datasets require the Pro plan
The 7-day trial automatically enrolls users in the selected subscription unless they cancel before it ends
›What are Scite’s key features?
Search across 300M+ articles, preprints, books, patents, datasets, and other scholarly sources
Search the full text of papers instead of relying only on abstracts
Classify citation context as supporting, contrasting, or mentioning
Generate AI answers grounded in linked passages from scientific papers
Track citation activity with Smart Citation Reports and Citation Alerts
Connect with Claude, ChatGPT, Zotero, MCP-compatible assistants, and the Scite API
›What are the best use cases for Scite?
Find studies that support or challenge a paper, claim, method, journal, author, institution, or funder
Search beyond abstracts during a literature review
Check whether references in a manuscript are supported, contradicted, or merely mentioned
Verify the evidence behind an AI-generated research answer
Trace research from grants and clinical trials through publications, patents, and datasets
›What is the pricing for Scite?
| Plan | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $20/ month | Unlimited Assistant usage, full-text literature search, Smart Citation Reports, Citation Alerts, 250 MCP credits/month, ChatGPT and Claude integrations, and collections up to 1,000 papers. |
| Pro | $50/ month | Everything in Basic, plus API access, 2,500 MCP credits/month, collections up to 10,000 papers, and access to patent, clinical trial, and grant datasets. |
Prices are billed yearly. Both listed plans include a free 7-day trial. Enterprise pricing is available through sales, and student or academic discounts may be available.
Checked 2026-08-26 · source
›Who is Scite best for?
researchersUseful for checking how later studies support, challenge, or discuss the literature behind a project.
graduate studentsHelps narrow literature searches and identify disputed or affirmed findings during thesis work.
journalistsProvides a way to inspect the evidence and citation context behind scientific claims.
research teamsThe API, MCP credits, integrations, and larger collections support teams building research workflows.
Not for
- People seeking a general web search engine rather than a scholarly literature and citation-analysis platform
- Researchers who need a fully automated systematic-review process without manual checks of coverage and citation classifications
- Teams that need API access or specialized datasets but do not want the Pro plan
