cicadus
Citation Analysis and Gap Discovery for PhD Researchers
Trace intellectual lineages, surface contradictions, and define novel contribution space with confidence.
PhD research requires a clear contribution claim. The hard part is proving where existing work converges, where it conflicts, and where a meaningful unresolved gap still exists.
From topic familiarity to contribution clarity
Knowing papers is not enough. You need a defensible model of how ideas evolved, what assumptions became dominant, and which limitations are still unresolved.
Cicadus maps citation purpose to reveal conceptual dependencies and contested lines of evidence across your research area.
How to use Cicadus in proposal and paper cycles
Before proposal submission, run your core corpus to identify methodological clusters and recurring justification patterns.
During drafting, use source-grounded citation links to strengthen related-work and discussion sections, especially around novelty and limitations.
Expected outcomes
You improve novelty articulation, reduce review-cycle ambiguity, and defend contribution boundaries with more precise literature evidence.
What you gain
- • Identify contribution space with higher confidence.
- • Spot fragile assumptions before submission.
- • Strengthen reviewer-facing novelty arguments.