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Strengths
- Beautiful and intuitive visualization of paper correlations
- No registration required to use basic functions
- Quickly identify key papers in the field (node size indicates influence)
- Distinguish between pioneer research and spin-off research
- Based on Semantic Scholar database
Best for
- Get a quick overview of a research field
- Find foundational papers in the field
- Discover research relevant to the target paper
- Establish an initial literature base for the literature review
- Understand a paper’s place in the field
Basic usage
Connected Papers is extremely simple to operate. Enter a paper to generate a connected map.
Scenario
Generate paper correlation map
Prompt example
Steps: 1. Visit connectedpapers.com 2. Enter the paper title or DOI in the search box For example: "BERT: Pre-training of Deep Bidirectional Transformers" 3. Click on the target paper 4. Click "Build a graph" 5. Wait about 30 seconds for the graph to be generated Interpretation of the chart: - Node size: number of references (the larger, the more important) - Node color: publication year (the darker the color, the newer it is) - Thickness of the connection: similarity (the thicker, the more relevant) - Central node: the paper of your choice
Output / what to expect
Generate a correlation map centered on the target paper,
You can intuitively see which papers are most relevant to it,
What are the important tasks in the field?
Tips
The paper with the largest node is usually the foundational work in the field and deserves to be read first.
Scenario
Distinguish between pioneer research and spin-off research
Prompt example
Connected Papers divides relevant papers into two categories: Prior Works: - Publish before the target paper - is the basis for the target paper - Help understand research background Derivative Works: - Publish after the target paper - Work based on the target paper - Help keep up to date with the latest developments You can switch between these two types of papers in the right panel of the map.
Output / what to expect
By precursor/derivative classification,
Quickly understand the historical background and latest developments of research,
Build a complete timeline perspective.
Tips
See Prior Works first for background, then Derivative Works for the latest developments.