Connected Papers

Connected Papers is a research tool designed to help scientists and scholars explore the academic literature relevant to their work. It provides a visual, similarity-based mapping of related papers, using circles to represent different documents. The size of each circle corresponds to the frequency of citations by other researchers, and papers are positioned closer together if they share similar references or citations. This visual approach allows users to identify influential prior works and derivative studies that build upon existing research.

Key features of Connected Papers include the ability to create interactive graphs showing relationships between academic papers, visualize co-citations and shared references, and explore the historical and conceptual development of research topics. Users can enter multiple papers as starting points to create a combined graph highlighting their relationships. Additionally, Connected Papers allows users to save papers and graphs for future reference, facilitating deeper exploration of topics.

This tool is particularly useful for researchers conducting literature reviews or exploring the historical progression of a research area. By leveraging semantic similarity, Connected Papers helps users discover new research paths and understand the broader scholarly landscape of a topic.