R Discovery: Academic Research 3.6.1

R Discovery is a free AI tool for researchers and students to find and read research papers. This top-rated literature search and reading app recommends the latest, most relevant research articles based on your interests from its extensive research repository. With advanced AI for research and unique features, R Discovery saves time and makes your literature reading more efficient. We search, you read. It’s that simple!

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R Discovery adds 5,000+ articles daily through partnerships with top publishers like Wiley, IOP, Springer Nature, Sage, Taylor & Francis, APA, NEJM, Emerald Publishing, PNAS, AIAA, Karger, BMJ, JAMA, Duke University Press, and platforms like Intech Open, J-Stage, Pensoft, Underline.io, and Cassyni.

Cleanest, Most Up-to-Date Research Database
To ensure reliable, quality research, R Discovery deletes duplications to retain latest versions of papers; clarifies journal, publisher, author names to optimize search; and eliminates all retracted papers and predatory content.

This free AI app for research gives you access to:
• 250M+ Research articles (journal articles, clinical trials, conference papers & more)
• 40M+ Open access articles (world’s largest OA journal articles library)
• 3M+ Preprints from arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv & other servers
• 9.5M+ Research topics
• 14M+ Authors
• 32K+ Academic journals
• 100K+ Universities & Institutions
• Content from Microsoft Academic, PubMed, PubMed Central, CrossRef, Unpaywall, OpenAlex, etc.

AI Reading Recommendations
Enter your research interests to get personalized reading recommendations from the latest, high-quality research, including patents, conferences, seminars, and open access articles.

Gen AI Search with Ask R Discovery
Get instant science-backed insights with verified citations with Ask R Discovery, which serves as the perfect AI search engine for research.

Reliable Academic Search Engine
Search for research papers on R Discovery as you would on Google Scholar, RefSeek, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Dimensions AI, Semantic Scholar or from academic libraries like ProQuest and EBSCO.

Institutional Access to Full-Text Papers
Use your university credentials to log in and get free access to paywalled journal articles for your thesis research with our GetFTR & LibKey integrations.

Research in Shorts (Summaries)
Skim lengthy research papers in 2mins on this AI tool for research, which extracts key highlights and presents it in a simple Instagram-Story-like format.

Multilingual Audio
Upload full-text papers or create playlists of relevant reads and listen to audio summaries and research articles in your native language.

Paper Translation
Read smarter, faster with R Discovery; just select a paper and click on the translate option to read in your chosen language from 30+ options.

Collaboration & Shared Reading Lists
Access research recommendations from academics in your field or speed up projects by creating shared reading lists and inviting peers to collaborate on this free AI tool for academic research.

Curated Feeds & Publisher Channels
Explore dedicated publisher channels and curated feeds for open access articles, preprints, top 100 papers, and more. You can also create separate feeds for different, multiple research projects.

Auto Sync with Zotero, Mendeley
Organize your reading by saving papers to your R Discovery library and exporting this to Mendeley, Zotero; the premium auto-sync feature further reduces time and effort taken to manage references.

Multi-Platform Accessibility & Alerts
Bookmark articles on the app and read on the Web at discovery.researcher.life/ or get the Chrome extension. With multi-platform accessibility and alerts on Just Published papers, this AI tool for research makes it easy to stay updated.

Enjoy free research discovery or upgrade to R Discovery Prime to unlock access to premium features. Join 3M+ academics and redefine the way you read on R Discovery. Get it now!