Connected Papers

What Connected Papers helps you do

Connected Papers creates similarity graphs around academic papers and offers prior and derivative work views. It suits researchers orienting themselves in a field before reading the important originals.

Best for: Similarity graphs around academic seed papers.

A small task to try

1. Find a verified seed paper by title or identifier
2. Build one graph and inspect its most relevant neighbours
3. Compare prior and derivative work views
4. Open the original papers before making an evidence claim

Illustrative input: Explore papers similar to a verified retrieval-augmented generation study and identify two useful follow-up readings.

Illustrative expected result: A graph-based reading shortlist whose titles and study scope have been checked. This is an editorial example, not a recorded vendor test. Check it against your original material before using it.

Access and buying guidance

The free tier includes five graphs/month with all features. Academic and Business Premium plans remove the graph limit; select the plan matching personal, academic or commercial use.

Similarity links are not the same as direct citation relationships. Start with the smallest useful task; keep the original input and compare the result before committing to a larger workflow.

Alternatives for a different workflow

Scite: inspect citation context. Elicit: extract findings from a reviewed study shortlist.

Sources and review

Reviewed 9 October 2026 against official product documentation and official pricing / access terms. Feature access and prices can change; the linked provider terms govern your account.