Compare documented capabilities across research software. A resource by SciMaps to help researchers choose appropriate tools—not declare a universal winner.
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Documented research-tool capabilities
Capability and definition
Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny
Litmaps
ResearchGate
ResearchRabbit
SciMapsPublisher
VOSviewer
Literature discoveryTopic-based paper search
Accept a textual topic or keyword query and return scholarly publication records. Exact-title or DOI lookup alone is insufficient.
Supported
OpenAlex text-query builder
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Topic-based paper search
Official release notes document Biblioshiny OpenAlex title, abstract and default-search text filters, including exact-match options.
Limitations: Provider access and query support vary; this is not evidence of exhaustive coverage.
Evidence for ResearchGate: Topic-based paper search
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish topic-based paper search under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Starting from a publication, identify references or citing publications and expose their records. Specify supported directions and scope.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Citation-based discovery
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish citation-based discovery under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish citation-based discovery under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Produce related-paper suggestions from seed publications through a documented recommendation or similarity workflow.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Related-paper exploration
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish related-paper exploration under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchGate: Related-paper exploration
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish related-paper exploration under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The inspected SciMaps workspace and feed services establish owned collections and social sharing. This review did not establish related-paper exploration under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Source inspection. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish related-paper exploration under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Automatically revisit saved research interests or collections and notify users of newly identified literature. Manual refresh alone does not qualify.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Literature monitoring
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish literature monitoring under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish literature monitoring under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Literature monitoring
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish literature monitoring under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The inspected SciMaps workspace and feed services establish owned collections and social sharing. This review did not establish literature monitoring under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Source inspection. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish literature monitoring under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish co-citation mapping under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish co-citation mapping under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish co-citation mapping under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The analysis service computes co-citation relationships with explicit aggregation and safeguards.
Limitations: Counts joint citations among papers retained in the prepared corpus; external references outside that corpus do not become nodes. Reference loading and metadata coverage affect results.
Delivery: Native
Evidence basis: Source inspection. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish bibliographic coupling under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish bibliographic coupling under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Bibliographic coupling
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish bibliographic coupling under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish co-authorship analysis under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish co-authorship analysis under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Co-authorship analysis
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish co-authorship analysis under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Calculate relationships between terms occurring together across a defined document collection. State term sources and counting method.
Supported
Co-word analysis
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Keyword co-occurrence
Included help documents author keywords (DE), Keywords Plus (ID), title words and abstract words. Edge weights reflect within-document co-occurrence frequency, with optional normalization.
Limitations: This describes the inspected upstream help; fields and normalization choices must be checked against the installed release.
Delivery: Native
Access and version:
Upstream help inspected 2026-10-20; not a guarantee for every installed release.
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish keyword co-occurrence under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish keyword co-occurrence under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Keyword co-occurrence
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish keyword co-occurrence under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Keyword networks can use bibliographic keywords; text-based term networks use titles and abstracts. Counting choices depend on that workflow.
Limitations: Full/fractional choices apply to bibliographic networks; binary/full term counting belongs to the text-data workflow. Record the selected source and method.
Delivery: Native
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish descriptive bibliometrics under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchGate: Descriptive bibliometrics
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish descriptive bibliometrics under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Descriptive bibliometrics
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish descriptive bibliometrics under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish descriptive bibliometrics under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchGate: Bibliographic file import
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish bibliographic file import under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Spreadsheet import maps bibliographic fields into project records, rather than only extracting DOIs.
Limitations: A mapped DOI column and valid DOI values are required; optional hints include title, creator, year and publication. First XLSX sheet; 2 MiB, 5,000 rows and 50 columns.
Delivery: Native
Evidence basis: Source inspection. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchGate: Reusable publication export
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish reusable publication export under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for VOSviewer: Reusable publication export
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish reusable publication export under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Allow at least two accounts to add or remove publications in the same persistent collection. Read-only sharing alone does not qualify.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Shared collection editing
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish shared collection editing under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchGate: Shared collection editing
The reviewed ResearchGate documentation establishes researcher profiles, saved publications and professional activity. This review did not establish shared collection editing under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The inspected SciMaps workspace and feed services establish owned collections and social sharing. This review did not establish shared collection editing under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Source inspection. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish shared collection editing under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Provide persistent researcher pages with identity or affiliation information and scholarly works. A graph author label alone is insufficient.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Researcher profiles
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish researcher profiles under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish researcher profiles under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish researcher profiles under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish researcher profiles under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Academic networkingAcademic activity and following
Let users follow researchers or research interests and receive an activity stream or research updates.
Not verified
Not established by reviewed evidence
Evidence for Bibliometrix / Biblioshiny: Academic activity and following
The reviewed Biblioshiny and package documentation establishes bibliometric collection analysis. This review did not establish academic activity and following under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for Litmaps: Academic activity and following
The reviewed Litmaps documentation establishes discovery, maps, imports and monitoring. This review did not establish academic activity and following under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for ResearchRabbit: Academic activity and following
The reviewed ResearchRabbit guides establish seed-based discovery, collections and sharing. This review did not establish academic activity and following under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Evidence for VOSviewer: Academic activity and following
The reviewed VOSviewer documentation establishes map construction, visualization and bibliographic inputs. This review did not establish academic activity and following under the operational definition shown in the row.
Limitations: No absence is inferred. Confirm the specific task, access conditions and methodology with the provider before relying on it.
Delivery: Not verified
Evidence basis: Documentation. Assessment dated . Review due .
Different tools can contribute at different stages. These guides explain where documented workflows fit.
Co-citation mapping
Start with a defined collection and reference data suitable for the question. Co-citation links reflect joint citation by other papers; they are not the same relationship as shared-reference coupling or a general related-paper recommendation. VOSviewer and Biblioshiny document co-citation analysis, while the cited SciMaps implementation also provides scoped co-citation analysis. Compare supported entities, counting choices, reference coverage and the corpus boundary before interpreting a map. A discovery service may help identify candidate literature first, but its visual recommendations should not be relabelled as co-citation analysis without methodological evidence. Preserve the source data and describe the actual settings used when reporting findings.
Use topic search to establish starting papers, then decide whether citation traversal, related-paper suggestions or monitoring best fits the next step. ResearchRabbit documents iterative searches that develop from selected seeds. Litmaps documents connection-based discovery and monitoring. These workflows can complement a bibliometric analysis rather than substitute for it. Keep a record of the papers accepted into your collection and distinguish saved records from suggestions. If you move literature between products, verify both the export format and the receiving tool's import requirements; matching file extensions do not guarantee that reference fields survive. Recommendations can broaden exploration but do not establish that a search is exhaustive.
For networking, first consider whether the task is maintaining a researcher identity, following colleagues, sharing a publication or discussing research. ResearchGate documents profiles, publication activity and researcher following. SciMaps has source-inspected profile and feed implementations, whose deployment behavior was not exercised here. A collaboration graph derived from publication metadata is a different task from a social connection between accounts. Likewise, sharing a paper does not prove that colleagues can edit the same literature project. A research network can help communicate work produced with a separate analysis tool. Check audience settings and the rights to share full text before choosing a sharing workflow.
Treat discovery, screening, extraction, appraisal and synthesis as distinct stages. Literature maps and recommendations may contribute papers to a search, but inclusion in this comparison does not establish support for an entire systematic-review process. Define a protocol, retain search and selection records, and verify the specific controls required for your review. Biblioshiny documents a search-to-synthesis workflow and selection information; inspect those functions against your protocol rather than assuming methodological compliance. ResearchRabbit and Litmaps can support exploratory discovery and literature organization. If another system handles screening or extraction, check the handoff fields and document the transfer. No universal product recommendation follows from the capability matrix.
Decide whether you need a figure, reusable records or an interpretive report. These outputs serve different purposes: a network screenshot is not a methods section, and a bibliography export is not an analytical explanation. Bibliometrix documents report outputs; SciMaps source defines PDF and DOCX report formats, with module-specific content. VOSviewer documents network visualization and image outputs that can be incorporated into an independently written report. Check the actual output for corpus definition, coverage, counting settings and missing data. Describe citation measures precisely: current totals grouped by publication year should not be reported as citations received in each historical year. Select an output workflow that preserves the evidence your reader needs.
Bibliometrix is an R-based bibliometric analysis toolkit; Biblioshiny provides its graphical web interface. Its documented workflows include importing bibliographic records, descriptive analysis and science mapping. It is relevant when a researcher already has, or can retrieve, a defined bibliographic collection and wants to investigate its structure. The package and interface are related but distinct: an R function should not be assumed to appear in every interface version. Check the documented data source, method and output before choosing a workflow.
Limitations: Data-source fields and interface versions affect available analyses. This comparison does not establish shared collection editing or continuous literature alerts.
Litmaps supports literature discovery through paper connections, visual maps and saved literature. Its documentation describes importing existing records, exporting publications and monitoring for new research. It is relevant to exploratory searching and keeping a developing reading collection current. Shared links and editable Team workspaces are different workflows, with different access requirements. A discovery map does not by itself establish that the product performs each formal bibliometric analysis listed here; consult the capability definition and evidence rather than inferring methods from appearance.
Limitations: Advanced search and Team collaboration have access restrictions. Graphical discovery is not treated as proof of co-citation, coupling or thematic-analysis controls.
ResearchGate is a research network centered on researcher profiles, publications and professional activity. Its documented workflows include following researchers, discovering research, sharing work and participating in discussions. Researchers can keep a private saved list of publications. These networking and visibility workflows can complement a separate literature-analysis tool. Personal citation statistics are not the same task as bibliometric analysis of an independently selected collection, and this resource does not infer absent analytical functionality merely because the networking documentation does not describe it.
Limitations: Full-text access and citation visibility depend on available content. Personal profile statistics do not establish collection-wide bibliometric analysis.
ResearchRabbit supports iterative literature discovery from keywords, seed papers and existing collections. Researchers can organize papers into collections and subcollections, explore recommendations and share collections with viewer or editor roles. Its guides document importing BibTeX and exporting bibliographic records. It is relevant when a literature search develops through successive paper selections rather than a single final query. Recommendations and visual maps should be interpreted as discovery aids; their presence alone does not establish a configurable implementation of every bibliometric method.
Limitations: Recommendation relevance depends on seeds and selections. Current monitoring, bulk DOI input and formal bibliometric reporting were not established by the reviewed guides.
SciMaps combines literature projects, bibliometric analysis and academic networking. Source inspection identifies search, bounded reference and citing-paper imports, network analyses, descriptive results and report/export implementations. These findings establish implemented paths at a named repository revision; they are not a live verification of the current deployment. Researchers should check metadata coverage, the selected corpus and each method before interpreting results. Social sharing and project collaboration are distinct: a feed sharing feature does not establish that other accounts can edit a private research project.
Limitations: Findings use source inspection at revision 620de9f7, not live-provider tests. Networks are bounded; missing metadata affects results. Shared collection editing and automated literature monitoring remain unverified.
VOSviewer constructs and visualizes bibliometric networks from bibliographic records or supported data-provider APIs. Its documented methods include co-authorship, co-citation, bibliographic coupling and term co-occurrence, with visualization and data-cleaning controls. It is relevant when the research task concerns the relationships in a defined bibliographic dataset. The desktop analysis application and VOSviewer Online visualization should be distinguished. Saved maps and shared visualizations are also different from a multi-user editable literature collection. Data-source coverage and reference fields determine which network types can be constructed.
Limitations: Some inputs lack the reference fields required for citation-based analyses. Desktop analysis, online visualization and external bibliographic-provider access are distinct. Saved publication maps establish persistence, while collection organization remains incompletely verified.
SciMaps publishes this comparison and is included as a compared product. Assessments use documented features and cited evidence. Functionality can change; verify critical requirements with each provider.
Supported: evidence establishes the full definition under the stated conditions.
Partial: evidence establishes part of the task, but a named required element is missing.
Not supported: affirmative evidence establishes absence in the assessed scope.
Not verified: evidence does not establish a conclusion; this does not mean unavailable.
Paid plans, ordinary limits, integrations and versions are reported separately from capability status. An export to another tool does not establish that the exporting tool performs its analysis. Source inspection establishes implementation evidence; it does not establish current deployment operation.
Evidence is reviewed every 90 days, or every 30 days for access- or version-sensitive claims. Dates and provenance appear in evidence disclosures. Review age never changes a status automatically. A source-access check alone does not refresh an assessment.
VOSviewer features — CWTS, Leiden University. Official features. Data, visualization and techniquesChecked ; accessible when checked.
VOSviewer manual 1.6.21 — CWTS, Leiden University. Official documentation. Sections 3.5.1, 3.5.4 and 4: maps, DOI files and bibliographic inputs Version/scope: 1.6.21.Checked ; accessible when checked.
Bibliometrix overview — Bibliometrix / K-Synth. Official features. Data collection, science mapping and outputsChecked ; accessible when checked.
Biblioshiny workflow and analytics — Bibliometrix / K-Synth. Official documentation. Data Management; Analytics; Knowledge Structure AnalysisChecked ; accessible when checked.
Bibliometrix data importing and converting — Bibliometrix authors. Official documentation. Source-specific bibliographic files; convert2df records and field tagsChecked ; accessible when checked.
ResearchRabbit features — ResearchRabbit. Official features. Search, recommendations and mapsChecked ; accessible when checked.
How to search in ResearchRabbit — ResearchRabbit. Official documentation. Keyword, DOI, collection and BibTeX search; iterative discoveryChecked ; accessible when checked.
Organizing articles with Collections — ResearchRabbit. Official documentation. Collections, subcollections, moving and copying articlesChecked ; accessible when checked.
How to share papers and collections — ResearchRabbit. Official documentation. Viewer/editor roles, public links and BibTeX/RIS/CSV exportChecked ; accessible when checked.
Litmaps features — Litmaps. Official features. Search, visualize, share and monitorChecked ; accessible when checked.
Import Articles into Litmaps — Litmaps. Official documentation. BibTeX, RIS, PubMed and manual bulk IDsChecked ; accessible when checked.
Export Articles from Litmaps — Litmaps. Official documentation. Export records as BibTeX, RIS or CSVChecked ; accessible when checked.
Litmaps Teams — Litmaps. Official documentation. Team subscription, shared workspaces and editor/viewer rolesChecked ; accessible when checked.
What is ResearchGate? — ResearchGate. Official documentation. Profiles, research, professional connections and communityChecked ; accessible when checked.
What is my Profile? — ResearchGate. Official documentation. Profile, research, stats, following and private saved listChecked ; accessible when checked.
Following researchers — ResearchGate. Official documentation. Researcher following and personalized Home FeedChecked ; accessible when checked.
Citations — ResearchGate. Official documentation. Citing publications, original citation context and coverage limitationsChecked ; accessible when checked.
SciMaps paper search implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Paper search and provider enrichment Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps project workspace implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Owner-scoped collections; reference and citing-paper imports Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps spreadsheet parser — SciMaps repository. Repository code. CSV/TSV/XLSX parsing and bounds Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps co-citation implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Scoped analysis, aggregation and safeguards Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps coupling implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Shared-reference analysis and method log Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps co-authorship implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Author, organization and country analysis Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps keyword analysis implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Keyword sources, normalization and exclusions Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps descriptive analysis implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Year/entity counts, country production and citation semantics Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps researcher network implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Researcher profiles, following and connections Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps academic feed implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Posts, recommendations, comments and sharing Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps report formats — SciMaps repository. Repository code. PDF and DOCX report formats Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
SciMaps source export implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. Selected project sources as Scopus-style CSV Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
Citations and references in ResearchRabbit — ResearchRabbit. Official documentation. Article details: Refs and Cited by lists and visualizationChecked ; accessible when checked.
ResearchRabbit free tier and RR+ — ResearchRabbit. Official documentation. Shared collections, BibTeX import/export, citation browsing and advanced search restrictionsChecked ; accessible when checked.
SciMaps descriptive report export implementation — SciMaps repository. Repository code. exportDocx; report scope, findings, section notes, counting methods and reproducibility metadata Version/scope: 620de9f7.Checked ; local repository inspected; public link access not verified.
Bibliometrix official release notes — Bibliometrix maintainers. Official documentation. 5.5.0: Biblioshiny OpenAlex text-query filters and exact matching Version/scope: 5.5.0.Checked ; accessible when checked.
Biblioshiny included workflow and network help — Bibliometrix maintainers. Official documentation. Import/Load export and reload; API query builder; Co-occurrence Network fields and weights Version/scope: Upstream master help inspected 2026-10-20; installed releases may differ.Checked ; accessible when checked.
Do a literature review with Litmaps — Litmaps. Official documentation. Find starting articles: topic query and article resultsChecked ; accessible when checked.
Search algorithms in Litmaps — Litmaps. Official documentation. Shared Citations and References; Common Authors; Similar TextChecked ; accessible when checked.
