Semantic discovery
Understands research intent, not keyword overlap — so related work surfaces because it belongs in the argument, not because it shares a title word.
Most tools find papers. Cicadus reads them.
Find the gems in your field and never miss a beat in research discovery.
Read 210 papers in your field.Cicadus tells you which 7 matter.
Cicadus monitors your field daily and surfaces what deserves attention now.
From hundreds of papers in your field to the few worth reading.
Daily compression from field noise to a short reading list.
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Papers tracked across your field every day
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Fresh publications that matched your focus
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Filtered for relevance and citation context
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The short list that deserves your time
From question to citation-backed understanding.
Ask once, map the field, then understand why each citation exists.
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Ask
Upload a paper or ask a research question to set the frame for discovery — so Cicadus knows what you’re actually trying to answer.
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Map
Cicadus builds the citation map around your seed: linked papers, clusters, and how the field connects — not another unsorted search pile.
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Anchor
Pick a core paper so search stays grounded in what matters to you. Everything that follows stays relative to that anchor.
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Understand
Read citation intent and the source sentence behind every insight before anything enters your review — support, critique, method, and receipts.
See it work on a real paper.
Real product screens — ask, map, and evidence on an actual paper.
Every claim links back to its source.
See the exact sentence behind each generated insight before it enters your review.
Accelerate from question tocitation-backed answer.
Every insight links back to a source sentence — no black-box citations.
Trusted by researchers across fields.
From field noise to a shortlist you can defend.
“Cicadus shows me which papers are worth opening — and the source sentence behind every claim. It feels like review with receipts.”
Built for how researchers actually work.
Semantic discovery with the audit trail a real review needs.
Citation network
See which papers connect the field — and which ones are structural vs. peripheral.
Citation intent
Separate support, background, critique, and method so volume doesn’t masquerade as consensus.
Gap detection
Find where the literature thins out, so your contribution has a clear place to land.
Academic rigor
Keep every insight attached to evidence you can open, quote, and defend.
Questions researchers ask us.
How it works, accuracy, plans, and where it fits.
Cicadus is an AI research tool for literature review and citation analysis. Upload a paper or ask a question to get source-grounded insights, citation maps, and the papers that actually matter — with each claim linked back to the sentence that supports it.