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Tools for Open-Science Research: Search & Discover

Research Activities

Common activities during this research phase include:
  • Search literature and data
  • Get access to literature
  • Get alerts and recommendations on topics/authors of your interests
  • Pre-registration your study and Registered Reports

Tools for Better Literature Search and Discovery

Connected Papers

With Connected papers, you can explore papers in your research field using graphs. You may discover more papers than traditional literature searches.

Website: https://www.connectedpapers.com/ - Free

Mentions in Library blog: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/connected-papers/

Video: "Connected Papers" - Most Relevant & Similar Research Papers/Literature - Free Productivity Tools!


 
Inciteful

Inciteful creates a graph of academic papers based on “seed papers” of your choice and helps you gain insight from it.

Website: https://inciteful.xyz/ - Free

Mentions in Library blog: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/inciteful/

Video: Smart Literature Finder - Inciteful


 
 
 
 
 
The Lens

The Lens, is an online patent and scholarly literature discovery tool focuses on science and technology research. 

Website: https://www.lens.org/ - Free

Mentions in Library blog: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/lens/

Video: The Lens - Explainer Video


 
The Open Science Framework (OSF)

OSF is a free, open source web application that connects and supports the research lifecycle, enabling scientists to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their research. Researchers use OSF to collaborate, document, archive, share, and register research projects, materials, and data.

Website: https://osf.io/ - Free

Mentions in Library blog: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/osf/

Video: What is the Open Science Framework all about? (YouTube)


Scite

Scite helps researchers better discover and evaluate scientific articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence.

Website: https://lbdiscover.hkust.edu.hk/service/10156599930003412 - Subscribed by HKUST Library

Mentions in Library blog: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/scite-dashboard/

Tutorial: How to use Scite to help with your research (YouTube)

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