Litmaps

Your literature review assistant. Visualize research, find papers, and stay ahead. 🚀

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Starting a literature review?

Try this 5-step approach in Litmaps:

🔎 Add one paper
📖 Explore its map
🌱 Grow your network
🏷️ Tag sub-topics
🤳 Visualize & share

Full 5-min tutorial 👉 https://t.co/QEyHTqApJf

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When a field is new to you, look for the most-cited papers from the last five years. They're usually the ones shaping the current conversation.

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Tip: If two papers in your map don't share any citations, ask why. The disconnect is often where a contribution lives.

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A literature review isn't a one-time task. Treat it like a living document, and let your tools do the maintenance.

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Struggling with your literature review?

Learn how to:
• find papers faster
• map your research
• stay up to date automatically

All in one workflow 👇
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Tip: If two papers in your map don't share any citations, ask why. The disconnect is often where a contribution lives.

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A good literature review answers three questions

- what's been done
- what's missing
- what's next

Visualizing the field helps with all three.
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Tip: Share your seed map with your advisor before your next meeting. It's faster to discuss a network than a bibliography.

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New papers are published in your field every week.

Monitor in Litmaps tells you when they appear, so you can spend less time searching and more time reading.
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Most research problems start with a weak question.

If you get the question right, everything else becomes easier: finding papers, staying focused, actually finishing the work.

We put together a simple, practical guide on how to write a research question that actually works:

https://t.co/j7NmxU4dq1

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What's harder: Getting your paper done, or getting your advisor to read it?

Let's face it, miscommunication with supervisors is painful (and common).

👉 The [surprising] fix? Literature sharing. 📚

A shared library =
✅ Alignment on what matters
✅ Easy paper sharing (no lost PDFs)
✅ Less back-and-forth when writing
✅ Quick agreement on peer reviewers

Better communication isn’t more meetings.
It’s a shared foundation.

How do you stay on the same page with your advisor?

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That’s it. You’re no longer buried under millions of results! You’ve built a focused, credible, research foundation.

✨ You’ll never read 2,629,995 papers. But with the right system, you don’t need to. You only need to read the right papers that shape your field.

Try it for yourself with Litmaps.

How many papers did you read for your literature review? Share with us below!

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You open Google Scholar, type in your research topic, and…
💥 2.63 million results. (literally)
The top five look useful, but what about the other 2,629,995?

🤔 Are you missing something important?

😥 Could skipping a key paper undermine your credibility?

😰 How could you ever know when you’ll never read even a small fraction?

But, there's a better way.

5 steps to finding the most important papers first:
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5️⃣ Step 5: Review recommendations smartly 👀

Skim titles. If relevant, scan the abstract. Still relevant? Open the PDF, read, and save.

Always check:
✅ Journal quality,
✅ Author reputation,
✅ How it links back to your seed papers.

HINT: Look at papers towards the top. Those have the most citations (sorted on the y-axis). It's a quick way to find high-impact work in your field.