{ "generatedAt": "2026-10-03T18:20:32.873Z", "site": "https://docs.scinodes.com", "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/", "title": "SciNodes documentation", "description": "Learn SciNodes: build a corpus of publications, map research fields, read and annotate PDFs, cite in 81 styles and ask AI research assistants.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes", "SciNodes documentation", "literature review tool", "bibliometric analysis software", "research mapping", "AI research assistant" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The SciNodes family", "Start here", "Find a guide by goal", "Key ideas in one minute", "What SciNodes needs", "Get help" ], "text": "SciNodes documentation In short: SciNodes is an AI-assisted research platform from Scholaris Labs for literature review and scientometric analysis. You collect publications into a project, see how they connect on network maps, read and annotate their PDFs, gather evidence, and ask AI research assistants questions about all of it. Open the app at app.scinodes.com. It runs in a desktop web browser. The SciNodes family Product | What it is for | Where SciNodes (the app) | Your research workspace: projects, publication libraries, research maps, PDFs, notes, Research in Formation and AI chats | app.scinodes.com SciVerse | Free public search of the scholarly record: publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and keywords | sciverse.scinodes.com SciNodes Academy | Free courses and articles on bibliometrics and research mapping | academy.scinodes.com SciNodes Support | File and track support tickets | support.scinodes.com One SciNodes account works across all four. For now you sign in to each product separately with the same email and password, or with the same Google or Microsoft account. Start here New to SciNodes? Work through these in order: Create your account Build your first project in 10 minutes Find your way around the app Find a guide by goal I want to… | Read Run a literature review from start to finish | Run a literature review Get the lay of the land in a field that's new to me | Map a new research field Find the publications everyone builds on | Find influential publications Find experts, research groups or collaborators | Find authors and collaborators Decide which journal or conference to target | Choose where to publish Bring in my Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Scopus or Web of Science library | Bring your reference library Read PDFs, highlight them and collect evidence | Read, annotate and collect evidence Write notes and produce a bibliography | Write with citations Ask AI questions about my maps and publications | Ask AI about your research Work on a project with colleagues | Work with your team Search the literature without signing up | Explore without an account Get AI answers and translations in my language | Research in another language Learn bibliometrics | Learn bibliometrics Key ideas in one minute Project: your unit of work. Each project has its own library, maps, notes, chats and collaborators. Corpus: the set of publications a project works over. SciNodes always calls a scholarly item a publication. Research map: a network built from your corpus: citation, co-citation, bibliographic coupling, co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence or term co-occurrence. See Map types. Research in Formation (RIF): the place where you collect research objects (key publications, concepts, methods, authors) and the evidence behind them. Research assistants: AI chats that can see the map, cluster, node, publication or file you point them at. Credits: all AI features draw from one weekly credit budget that resets every Sunday at 00:00" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/academy/academy-settings", "title": "Academy profile and settings", "description": "Open your SciNodes Academy profile, switch between light, dark and system themes, and choose which Academy emails you want.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes Academy settings", "Academy dark mode", "Academy email notifications", "Academy profile", "manage SciNodes account" ], "status": "partial", "headings": [ "Open your profile", "Change your name, email or password", "Open Academy settings", "Change the theme", "Choose which emails Academy may send", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why can't I find my profile in the Academy menu?", "How do I change my name in Academy?", "Will Academy email me when a new course is published?", "Does my theme follow me to other devices?", "Related" ], "text": "Academy profile and settings In short: Your Academy profile is at academy.scinodes.com/profile. It isn't linked from the menu, so type the address while signed in. The profile shows your account and learning stats, and Academy settings opens Appearance (theme) and Notifications (emails). Your name, email and password are managed in your SciNodes account, through Manage SciNodes account ↗. Academy saves your email choices but doesn't send these emails yet. Open your profile Sign in to academy.scinodes.com. Go to academy.scinodes.com/profile. The profile shows: Section | What it shows Your details | Name, email with a Verified or Unverified badge, and \"Signs in with\" your sign-in methods Your learning | Lessons completed and Courses saved, with View my learning and View saved courses Account | Manage SciNodes account ↗ and Academy settings The Account section explains: \"Your name, email and password are managed in your SciNodes account and shared across every SciNodes product — Academy reads them rather than keeping its own copy.\" Change your name, email or password On your Academy profile, click Manage SciNodes account ↗. Your SciNodes app profile opens in a new tab. Make the change there. See Profile. To verify an Unverified email, use Verify email on your SciNodes app profile. See Create your account. Open Academy settings On your profile, click Academy settings. Or go to academy.scinodes.com/settings. The page \"Settings\" says \"Preferences for how Academy looks and what it emails you.\" Click Appearance or Notifications. Change the theme In Settings, click Appearance. Under Theme, click Light, Dark or System. System follows your operating system's light or dark setting and updates when it changes. The Appearance row in Settings shows your current choice. You can also change the theme without opening Settings: Signed in: click your name in the header and choose under Theme. Signed out: click Sign in. Theme is at the bottom of the panel. Your theme is saved in this browser only, so another browser or device may show a different theme. Choose which emails Academy may send [Coming soon] Academy saves your notification choices, but doesn't send these emails yet. In Settings, click Notifications. The page says \"Choose which emails Academy may send you. Changes save as you make them.\" Turn each switch on or off: Setting | What it's for New courses | \"Tell me when a new course or track is published.\" Product updates | \"Occasional news about SciNodes Academy itself.\" Your choices save as soon as you change them. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do You land on the home page with the sign-in panel open | You opened the profile or Settings while signed out. | Sign in, then go to the address again. \"That didn't save. Your preference has been put back — try again in a moment.\" | A notification setting couldn't be saved. | Click Reload, then try again. Your email shows Unverified | You haven't verified your email address yet. | Use Verify email" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/academy/articles", "title": "Read Academy articles", "description": "Browse and search SciNodes Academy articles: short notes, methods and arguments from the SciNodes team, filterable by tag and free to read.", "keywords": [ "bibliometrics articles", "research mapping articles", "science mapping methods", "SciNodes Academy articles", "scientometrics reading" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Browse articles", "What an article shows", "Articles that go with a course", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do I need an account to read articles?", "Can I save an article?", "Why can't I find a course's further reading on the Articles page?", "Do articles count toward my progress?", "Related" ], "text": "Read Academy articles In short: Click Articles in Academy to browse \"Notes, methods and arguments from the SciNodes team — shorter than a course, and standing on their own.\" Search, filter by tag and open any article. Articles that belong to a course appear in that course's Further reading section instead. Articles are free to read without signing in. Browse articles Go to academy.scinodes.com and click Articles. Type in \"Search articles…\". Results update after a short pause, or when you press Enter. Click a tag chip to show only articles with that tag. The number on the chip is how many articles have it. Click it again to remove the filter. Click Clear filters to see every article again. Click an article card to open it. The page shows 12 articles at a time. Use the page numbers at the bottom to see more. What an article shows The title and a short summary. The author, publication date and reading time, for example \"N min read\". Tags. On a standalone article, click a tag to see every article with that tag. The article text. At the bottom, ← All articles to go back to the list. Articles that go with a course Some articles are further reading for a course. You find them on the course page, under Further reading: \"Articles that go alongside this course. They stand on their own — read them in any order, or none.\" These articles show \"Further reading for course name\" with a link to the course, and ← Back to the course at the bottom. They don't appear on the Articles page, which lists standalone articles only. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do \"Couldn't load articles\" | Academy couldn't reach its content. | Click Try again. \"No articles match those filters\" | Your search and tag exclude every article. | Try a different tag, or click Clear filters. \"Nothing published yet\" | There are no standalone articles yet. | Click Browse courses. \"Couldn't load this article\" | The article may have moved or been unpublished. | Click Try again, or browse the other articles. FAQ Do I need an account to read articles? No. Every article is public. Can I save an article? No. Only courses can be saved. Bookmark the course an article belongs to instead. Why can't I find a course's further reading on the Articles page? The Articles page lists standalone articles only. Open the course and scroll to Further reading. Do articles count toward my progress? No. Progress in My learning counts lessons you mark complete. Articles have no Mark as complete button. Related SciNodes Academy overview Courses and lessons My learning and saved courses Learn bibliometrics" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/academy/courses-and-lessons", "title": "Courses and lessons", "description": "Find a SciNodes Academy course by track or name, start or continue its lessons, mark lessons complete and save courses for later.", "keywords": [ "bibliometrics course online", "SciNodes Academy courses", "bibliometric analysis lessons", "co-citation maps course", "mark lesson complete", "filter courses by track" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Find a course", "What a course card shows", "Browse a track", "What a course page shows", "Take a lesson", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do I have to take lessons in order?", "Is my progress saved across devices?", "Can I undo Mark as complete?", "Can I read a course without signing in?", "Are there quizzes or certificates?", "Related" ], "text": "Courses and lessons In short: Click Courses in Academy to see every course. Filter by track, by Available now or Coming soon, or search by name. Open a course and click Start learning. Each lesson ends with Mark as complete and Next lesson →. When you're signed in, your progress is saved to your SciNodes account and shown on course cards and in My learning. Find a course Go to academy.scinodes.com and click Courses. The page says \"Every topic in the SciNodes Academy catalog. Filter by track, or search by name.\" Type in \"Search courses…\". Results update after a short pause, or when you press Enter. Click a track chip to show only that track. The number on the chip is how many courses it has. Click it again to remove the filter. Click Available now or Coming soon to filter by availability. Switch between Grid and List layouts. Click Clear filters to see the whole catalog again. The catalog shows 12 courses per page. Use the page numbers at the bottom to see more. What a course card shows The title and a short summary. The number of lessons and Explore →, or a progress bar once you've completed a lesson. A bookmark button. Its tooltip says Save for later, or Remove from saved if you've saved the course. \"Coming soon\" cards show a \"Coming soon\" badge and can't be opened yet. Browse a track On the Academy home page, find the track's section and click View track →. The track page shows its title, summary and \"N courses\", with a card for each course. Click Courses at the top to go back to the full catalog. What a course page shows A \"Coming soon\" badge, if the course isn't ready. The title, summary and length, for example \"2 lessons · 15 min\". Your progress, for example \"1 of 2 lessons complete\", once you've started. The main button: Start learning, Continue or Review course. Save for later, which changes to Saved when the course is saved. Click Saved to remove it. Lessons: a numbered list with each lesson's reading time, for example \"9 min read\". Completed lessons show a tick. Further reading: articles that go alongside the course, if it has any. Read them in any order. If a course has no lessons yet, you see \"Lessons for this course are still being written. Save it and we'll have it ready soon.\" Main button | When you see it | Where it goes Start learning | You haven't completed any lesson in the course | The first lesson Continue | You've completed some lessons | The first lesson you haven't completed Review course | You've completed every lesson | The last lesson Take a lesson Open a course and click Start learning, or click any lesson in the list. The lesson shows \"Lesson X of Y\", its title and its reading time. Read the lesson. Click Mark as complete. The button changes to Completed. Click it again to undo. Click Next lesson →, or use Next → and ← Previous at the bottom. After the last lesson, Back to course returns you to the course page. Use the links at the top, Courses and the course name, to go back at any time. Progress counts only lessons" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/academy/my-learning-and-saved", "title": "My learning and saved courses", "description": "Track your SciNodes Academy progress in My learning, pick up where you left off, and keep a list of courses saved for later.", "keywords": [ "Academy progress", "my learning dashboard", "saved courses", "continue a course", "learning statistics", "bookmark a course" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open My learning", "What counts as progress", "Save a course for later", "Open your saved courses", "Your learning on your profile", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why isn't a course showing in My learning?", "Does saving a course enroll me?", "Is my progress kept if I switch computers?", "Can I reset my progress?", "Related" ], "text": "My learning and saved courses In short: When you're signed in to Academy, the header shows My learning and Saved. My learning shows your stats, a Continue button for the lesson to pick up next, and your courses in progress and completed. Saved lists the courses you bookmarked with Save for later. Both are stored in your SciNodes account, so they follow you to any browser. Open My learning Sign in to academy.scinodes.com with your SciNodes account. Click My learning in the header. The page greets you with \"Welcome back, name\". Read your stats: Courses started, Courses completed, Lessons completed and Minutes learned. Under \"Pick up where you left off\", click Continue to open the next lesson. Scroll to In progress to see each started course with \"X of Y lessons\". Scroll to Completed to see finished courses, marked \"Complete\". Click any course card to open its course page. What counts as progress A course counts as started once you mark at least one of its lessons complete. A course counts as completed when every lesson is marked complete. Opening or reading a lesson doesn't count. Click Mark as complete at the end of each lesson. See Courses and lessons. If you haven't completed any lessons yet, you see \"You haven't started a course yet\" with Browse courses. Save a course for later Find the course on Courses, a track page or the home page. Click the bookmark button on its card, or open the course and click Save for later. On the course page, the button changes to Saved. To remove a course, click the bookmark again (its tooltip says Remove from saved), or click Saved on the course page. Open your saved courses Click Saved in the header. The page \"Saved courses\" says \"Courses you've bookmarked to come back to.\" To find one, type in \"Filter saved…\". Switch between Grid and List layouts. Click a course card to open it. If you haven't saved any courses, you see \"Nothing saved yet\" with Browse courses. Your learning on your profile Your Academy profile, at academy.scinodes.com/profile, also shows Your learning: Lessons completed and Courses saved, with View my learning and View saved courses. See Academy profile and settings. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do My learning and Saved aren't in the header | You're not signed in. | Click Sign in in the header. You land on the home page with the sign-in panel open | You opened My learning or Saved while signed out. | Sign in. \"Couldn't load your progress\" | Academy couldn't load your progress. | Click Try again. \"Couldn't load your saved courses\" | Academy couldn't load your saved list. | Click Try again. \"No saved courses match that\" | Nothing matches your filter text. | Try a different word, or click Clear filter. FAQ Why isn't a course showing in My learning? A course appears once you mark at least one of its lessons complete. Reading a lesson without clicking Mark as complete doesn't count. Does saving a course enroll me? No. Academy has no enrollment. Saving only adds the course to your" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/academy/overview", "title": "SciNodes Academy: free bibliometrics courses", "description": "SciNodes Academy offers free courses and articles on bibliometrics, research mapping and network science. Read without an account; sign in to track progress.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes Academy", "free bibliometrics course", "learn bibliometric analysis", "co-citation analysis tutorial", "science mapping course", "network science course" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "How Academy is organized", "Get around Academy", "Start learning", "Guest or signed in", "Sign in to Academy", "What Academy doesn't have", "FAQ", "Is SciNodes Academy free?", "Do I get a certificate when I finish a course?", "What can I learn in Academy?", "How does Academy relate to the SciNodes app?", "Related" ], "text": "SciNodes Academy: free bibliometrics courses In short: SciNodes Academy (academy.scinodes.com) offers free courses and articles on bibliometrics, research maps and network science. All content is public, so you can read every course, lesson and article without an account. Sign in with your SciNodes account to save courses, mark lessons complete and follow your progress in My learning. How Academy is organized Part | What it is | Where Track | A group of related courses | Home page sections, track chips on Courses Course | One topic, taught in numbered lessons, sometimes with further reading | Courses Lesson | A short read with its reading time, for example \"6 min read\" | Inside a course Article | A standalone note, method or argument from the SciNodes team | Articles Some courses are marked \"Coming soon\" while they're being prepared. The catalog grows over time, so check Courses for what's available now. At the time of writing, the catalog includes a track called Biblio with courses such as Bibliometric Analysis, Co-citation Maps, Co-occurrence Maps and Citation Maps, and Network Science Fundamentals marked \"Coming soon\". Get around Academy Header: Courses and Articles for everyone. When you're signed in, My learning and Saved appear too. Sign in is on the right. Home page: a featured course with a button to start it, Browse all courses, and a section for each track with View track →. Footer: \"Academy is part of SciNodes.\" with a link to open SciNodes. Start learning Go to academy.scinodes.com. Click Courses, or Browse all courses on the home page. Click a course card. \"Coming soon\" courses can't be opened yet. Click Start learning to open the first lesson. At the end of a lesson, click Mark as complete, then Next lesson →. Details: Courses and lessons. Guest or signed in | Guest | Signed in Read courses, lessons and articles | Yes | Yes Save for later | Opens the sign-in panel | Yes Mark as complete and progress bars | Opens the sign-in panel | Yes My learning, Saved, profile and settings | No | Yes Theme | Yes | Yes Sign in to Academy Click Sign in in the header. In the \"Sign in with SciNodes\" panel, type your email and password and click Sign in. Or click Google or Microsoft. My learning and Saved appear in the header. Academy has no sign-up or password reset. Create your account in the SciNodes app. Signing in to Academy doesn't sign you in to the app or SciVerse. One sign-in for every product is planned (coming soon). See Single sign-on. What Academy doesn't have No quizzes, certificates or enrollment. No AI features, so Academy doesn't use your SciNodes credits. FAQ Is SciNodes Academy free? Yes. Every course, lesson and article is free and public. An account is only needed to save courses and track progress. Do I get a certificate when I finish a course? No. Academy doesn't offer certificates, quizzes or enrollment. My learning shows the courses and lessons you've completed. What can I learn in Academy? Bibliometrics, research mapping and" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/credits-and-usage", "title": "Credits and usage", "description": "How the SciNodes weekly AI credit budget works, what uses credits, how to read the Usage limits page, and what happens when the budget is spent.", "keywords": [ "scinodes credits", "weekly budget", "usage limits", "ai credits", "credit reset", "budget spent", "complex compute budget" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "How the weekly budget works", "What uses credits", "What doesn't use credits", "Assistants cost different amounts", "Check your usage", "Storage", "When your budget is spent", "SciVerse searches and credits", "Tips", "FAQ", "When do my credits reset?", "Do unused credits roll over?", "Can I buy more credits?", "Is there a storage limit?", "Why is the budget meter higher than the totals in the chart?", "Why did a term definition stop loading?", "Related" ], "text": "Credits and usage In short: Every AI feature in SciNodes draws from one weekly credit budget. The free allowance is 2,000,000 credits per week. It resets every Sunday at 00:00 UTC, and unused credits don't roll over. Signed-in SciVerse searches use the same budget. To see what you've used, open the user menu and click Usage limits. How the weekly budget works One pool for everything. All AI features share the same budget. There are no per-feature limits, so a long research chat can be why a term definition stops arriving. Weekly reset. The whole budget refills at 00:00 UTC every Sunday. Convert this to your local time zone to know when it happens for you. No rollover. Unused credits don't carry over to the next week. Weighted credits. Text the AI writes costs more than the text it reads. A long answer costs more than a short one. Some accounts differ. Some accounts have a different allowance. If yours has no limit, the Usage limits page says \"no weekly limit on this account\". In the app, the budget is called the \"Weekly complex compute budget\". What uses credits These are the rows on the Usage limits page under Where the credits went. Row | What it is Research chat | Research assistant chats. A long chat re-reads earlier turns, so later turns cost more. Term explanations | Term definitions on maps. Terms already explained are free. Publication translations | Titles and abstracts translated into another language. Cached translations are free. Publication suggestions | AI-planned searches when SciNodes suggests publications for you. Author suggestions | AI-planned searches in Suggest authors. Venue suggestions | AI-planned searches in Suggest venues. Question routing | Matching your own research questions to a map or answer. Research object suggestions | Concepts proposed in Research in Formation. PDF locating | Finding an open-access PDF when you click Fetch PDF. Corpus extensions | Cited and citing publications added from a map node. Flat cost. Publication lookups | Catalog details for files you upload. Flat cost. Corpus expansions | Re-running or adding searches from Expand corpus in Expert Mode. Flat cost. Catalog searches | Searches you run in SciVerse while signed in. Flat cost per search. Cluster naming | Names for the clusters on a new map. Runs by itself after a map is built. Description polish | Tidy up my wording on a project description. Slice descriptions | Turning a corpus slice you described in words into filters. Term cleansing | A quick check of terms while a term map is built. Runs by itself. What doesn't use credits Browsing SciVerse signed out, SciVerse type-ahead suggestions, and SciVerse browse and detail pages. Term definitions and translations that are already cached. Features that don't use AI, such as reading PDFs, writing notes, citing and organizing your library. Assistants cost different amounts The research assistant has several assistants. Sage (Superior) is the default. Vega (Standard) and Nova (Budget) cost less per" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/plans-and-billing", "title": "Plans and billing", "description": "SciNodes paid plans (Free, Economy, Base, Power) and their weekly AI credit allowances, plus how upgrades, downgrades and cancellation will work.", "keywords": [ "scinodes pricing", "scinodes plans", "scinodes subscription", "upgrade plan", "billing", "is scinodes free" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "What you get today", "Plans", "How billing will work", "FAQ", "Is SciNodes free?", "How much will the paid plans cost?", "What's the difference between the plans?", "Will I lose my work if I downgrade?", "Do I need to do anything now?", "Who do I contact about billing?", "Related" ], "text": "Plans and billing [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: SciNodes will offer four plans: Free, Economy, Base and Power. They differ in how many AI credits you get each week. Today everyone uses SciNodes with the free allowance of 2,000,000 credits per week, and there's nothing to buy yet. Pricing will be announced at launch. What you get today A free weekly allowance of 2,000,000 credits for all AI features. See Credits and usage. No storage limit. No payment details needed. The Subscription page in the user menu is a preview of the future billing page. You can't change plans or pay from it yet, and nothing on it is charged. Plans Plan | Weekly AI credits Free | 2,000,000 Economy | 6,000,000 Base | 20,000,000 Power | 60,000,000 Pricing will be announced at launch. On every plan, the allowance resets each week and unused credits don't roll over. How billing will work When paid plans launch: Payment. Payments will be handled by Stripe outside India and by Razorpay in India. Upgrading will take effect immediately, and you'll pay the prorated difference. Downgrading will take effect from your next billing period. Anything over the new plan's limits will become read-only until you're within them again. Nothing will be deleted because of a downgrade. Cancelling will take effect at the end of your current billing period. After that, your account returns to the Free allowance. Failed card payments. If a renewal payment fails, your access will continue for 72 hours while the payment is retried. Refunds and disputes. If a payment is fully refunded or disputed, your account will return to the Free allowance. UK and EU consumers will be able to cancel a new paid subscription within 14 days. The refund will be reduced by the service already used. FAQ Is SciNodes free? Yes, you can use SciNodes today with a free weekly allowance of 2,000,000 AI credits. Paid plans with larger allowances are coming soon. How much will the paid plans cost? Pricing will be announced at launch. What's the difference between the plans? The weekly AI credit allowance: 2,000,000 on Free, 6,000,000 on Economy, 20,000,000 on Base and 60,000,000 on Power. Will I lose my work if I downgrade? No. When billing launches, anything over a lower plan's limits will become read-only, not deleted. Do I need to do anything now? No. Keep using SciNodes on the free allowance. You don't need to add payment details. Who do I contact about billing? Contact Support and choose the category Billing. Related Credits and usage What's coming Contact Support" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/preferences", "title": "Preferences", "description": "Every SciNodes user preference explained: font, AI languages, reference style, date format, autosave rules, model providers and device check.", "keywords": [ "scinodes preferences", "user preferences", "change language", "reference style default", "date format", "autosave", "model providers", "device check" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open your preferences", "All preferences", "Platform font", "Explainer language", "Assistant language", "Reference style", "Date format", "Autosave publications", "Autosave maps", "Autosave authors and Autosave venues", "Model providers", "Device check", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I change the interface language?", "Why didn't my font change follow me to another computer?", "Does turning off a model provider save credits?", "Where do I switch to dark mode?", "Related" ], "text": "Preferences In short: Open the user menu and click User Preferences to change how SciNodes looks and behaves. There are 11 preferences, covering font, AI languages, reference style, date format, four autosave rules, model providers and a device check. Most are saved to your account and follow you to every device. Platform font, Model providers and Device check are saved to this device only. Open your preferences Click your avatar to open the user menu. Click User Preferences. Click a row to open that preference. Changes save as soon as you pick an option. The page is titled User preferences. Use the Search preferences… box to find a setting. It searches setting names, current values and the options inside each one, so typing \"APA\" or \"Roboto\" finds the right row. Press Esc to clear the search. The theme (Dark, Light or System) isn't here. Switch it in the user menu. All preferences Preference | What it controls | Options | Saved to Platform font | The main font across the app | 10 fonts; default System default | This device Explainer language | The language SciNodes explains your work in | 20 languages | Your account Assistant language | The language the research assistant replies in | 20 languages | Your account Reference style | The citation style used when SciNodes cites your publications | 81 styles; default APA 7th edition | Your account Date format | How dates are written everywhere | 7 formats | Your account Autosave publications | Which actions file a publication into My references | 4 actions | Your account Autosave maps | Which actions keep a map out of your drafts | 2 actions | Your account Autosave authors | Which actions save an author to Saved Authors | 3 actions | Your account Autosave venues | Which actions save a venue to Saved Venues | 3 actions | Your account Model providers | Which AI providers SciNodes may send your work to | 11 providers; locked by default | This device Device check | How well this device and browser run SciNodes | Run or re-run the test | This device \"Your account\" means the setting follows you when you sign in on another computer. \"This device\" means it applies only in this browser. Platform font Choose the main font used across the app: System default (matches your operating system), Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Calibri, Georgia, Times New Roman or Palatino. Changes apply immediately. Explainer language The language SciNodes uses for its explanations, such as map walkthroughs, cluster names and term definitions. Pick English Only to keep everything in English. The 20 languages are English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Russian, Korean, French, Malay, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Sinhala and Konkani. The interface itself stays in English, and your publications stay in the language they were published in. See Translation. Assistant language The language the research assistant replies in. Every new chat starts in this" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/privacy-and-your-data", "title": "Privacy and your data", "description": "What SciNodes stores about you, who can see your projects and uploads, what AI providers receive, where data is kept, and how to request deletion or export.", "keywords": [ "scinodes privacy", "data privacy", "delete my account", "export my data", "who can see my projects", "ai data use", "gdpr" ], "status": "partial", "headings": [ "What SciNodes stores", "Who can see what", "Shared caches", "PDFs", "Map preview images", "AI features", "Cookies and local storage", "Where your data is stored", "Age requirement", "Delete, export or correct your data", "What you can delete or download yourself today", "FAQ", "Can other people see my projects?", "Are my uploaded PDFs private?", "What does the AI provider receive?", "How do I delete my account?", "My organization on my profile is wrong. How do I fix it?", "Does SciNodes sell my data or show ads?", "Related" ], "text": "Privacy and your data In short: SciNodes stores your account details and the content you create so it can run the service. It sends the relevant text to an AI provider only when you use an AI feature. It doesn't use advertising cookies or third-party analytics. Your projects, notes, chats and uploaded PDFs are private unless you share a project. The authoritative version is the SciNodes Privacy Policy. This page summarizes how things work in the product today. What SciNodes stores Data | Examples Account details | Name, email, profile photo, sign-in methods, preferences Your content | Projects, corpora, folders, uploaded PDFs and reference exports, notes, highlights, research objects, chats and attachments Usage records | Which features you use, AI credits spent, storage used Project activity history | Who changed what in a project, including undone changes Publication interactions | When project members last interacted with each publication Organization | Detected from your email domain using ROR (Research Organization Registry) Who can see what Who | What they see You | Everything in your account Project collaborators | The shared project's content, plus your name, email and photo. The activity history shows who made each change. AI providers | When you use an AI feature: your prompt, the chat history, the project context you selected and the text from PDFs or files needed for the answer Other SciNodes users | Nothing of yours. Some outputs are cached by content, not by person (see below). Anyone with the link | Map preview images (see below) Private notes, chats, annotations and projects are never shared with other users. Shared caches To avoid repeating work, SciNodes reuses some results across users. These are linked to the content, not to you: Text extracted from an identical file. AI-generated definitions of scientific terms. Translations of publications. Other users can't find out who uploaded a file. PDFs PDFs you upload stay private to you. Open-access PDFs that SciNodes fetches when you click Fetch PDF are shared copies. Any user who fetches the same publication gets the same file. See Fetching and uploading PDFs. Map preview images SciNodes saves preview images (snapshots) of your maps from time to time. Anyone who has the exact image URL can open the image. The map itself and the project stay private. AI features When you use an AI feature, SciNodes sends the text needed for the task to the AI provider handling it. Which providers SciNodes may use on this device is set in User Preferences → Model providers. See Preferences. AI output can be wrong, including invented citations, and isn't professional advice. Check important answers against the publications. Cookies and local storage SciNodes uses no advertising cookies and no third-party analytics. Your browser's local storage holds preferences such as language, model provider and theme choices. See the Cookie Policy. Where your data is stored Your data is stored mainly with Amazon" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/profile", "title": "Your profile", "description": "View and edit your SciNodes profile: display name, email verification, sign-in methods, organization and password.", "keywords": [ "scinodes profile", "change display name", "verify email", "account details", "organization affiliation", "user id" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open your profile", "What's on the profile page", "Edit your display name", "Verify your email", "Your organization", "Change or add a password", "Your Academy profile", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How do I change my profile photo?", "Can I change the email address on my account?", "Who can see my profile details?", "How do I delete my account?", "Related" ], "text": "Your profile In short: Your Profile page shows your account details: display name, email and whether it's verified, how you sign in, when you joined, your user ID and your organization. Open it by clicking your name in the user menu. From there you can edit your name, send a verification email, and change or add a password. Open your profile In the SciNodes app, click your avatar to open the user menu. Click your name at the top of the menu. The Profile page opens at app.scinodes.com/profile. What's on the profile page Item | What it shows | Can you change it here? Photo | Your photo from Google or Microsoft if you have one, otherwise your initials | No Display name | The name collaborators see, or \"Unnamed researcher\" if empty | Yes Email | Your account email, marked Verified or Unverified | No. You can send a verification email. Sign-in methods | Badges such as Google, Microsoft or Email & password | Add a password (see below) Phone | Shown only if your account has one | No Member since | The date you created your account | No Last sign-in | When you last signed in | No User ID | Your unique account ID | No Organization | Your organization, detected from your email | No Password | Change password or Set a password | Yes Dates follow your Date format preference. See Preferences. Edit your display name On your Profile, click the pencil icon next to your name (tooltip \"Edit name\"). Type your name. Names can be up to 80 characters. Click Save. SciNodes shows \"Display name updated.\" To stop without saving, click Cancel or press Esc. Your display name is shown to people you share projects with, in the members list and the activity history. See Collaboration. Verify your email If your email shows Unverified: Click Verify email next to it. SciNodes shows \"Verification email sent. Check your inbox.\" and the button changes to Verification sent. Open the email and follow the link. Reload your profile. The badge changes to Verified. Your organization SciNodes detects your organization from your email domain using ROR (the Research Organization Registry). It shows: The organization's name, linked to its website, and its country. Unverified, with the tooltip \"Auto-detected from your email — not confirmed\". \"Auto-detected from your email\" and when it was detected. Primary on your main organization, if more than one is listed. The heading reads Organization or Organizations depending on how many there are. If your email domain doesn't match a known organization, this section doesn't appear. You can't edit or remove an organization on the profile page. If it's wrong, contact Support with the category Account. Change or add a password Change password appears if you sign in with email and password. Set a password appears if you sign in only with Google or Microsoft. Adding one lets you also sign in with your email. Passwords must be at least 8 characters. SciNodes may ask you to confirm it's you first. Full steps: Sign in and manage your password. Your Academy" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/sign-in-and-passwords", "title": "Sign in and manage your password", "description": "How to sign in to SciNodes with email, Google or Microsoft, reset a forgotten password, change or add a password, and fix sign-in errors.", "keywords": [ "scinodes sign in", "scinodes login", "forgot password", "reset password", "change password", "sign in with google", "sign in with microsoft" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Sign in to the SciNodes app", "Ways to sign in", "Sign in to SciVerse, Academy and Support", "Reset a forgotten password", "Change your password", "Add a password to a Google or Microsoft account", "\"Confirm it's you\"", "Sign out", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "I didn't get the password reset email. What should I do?", "Can I sign in with both Google and a password?", "Why do I have to sign in again on SciVerse and Academy?", "I can't get into my account at all. How do I get help?", "Related" ], "text": "Sign in and manage your password In short: Sign in at app.scinodes.com with your email and password, or with Google or Microsoft. If you forget your password, click Forgot password? on the sign-in page and SciNodes emails you a reset link. To change your password, or to add one to a Google or Microsoft account, open your Profile and click Change password or Set a password. Sign in to the SciNodes app Go to app.scinodes.com/login. The page is titled Sign in to SciNodes. Choose one way to sign in: Type your Email and Password, then click Sign in. Or, under \"or continue with\", click Google or Microsoft. A pop-up window opens for that account. SciNodes opens your My projects page. No account yet? Click Create one under \"Don't have an account?\". See Create your account. Google and Microsoft sign-in use a pop-up window. If nothing happens, allow pop-ups for app.scinodes.com in your browser and try again. Ways to sign in Method | What you need | Notes Email and password | The email you signed up with and your password | Passwords must be at least 8 characters. Google | A Google account | Opens a pop-up. No SciNodes password needed. Microsoft | A Microsoft account | Opens a pop-up. No SciNodes password needed. You can use more than one method on the same account. For example, if you signed up with Google, you can add a password and also sign in with your email. The steps are below. Sign in to SciVerse, Academy and Support Your SciNodes account works in every SciNodes product. For now, you sign in to each one separately with the same details. Signing in once everywhere is coming soon. See Single sign-on. Open SciVerse, Academy or Support. Click Sign in. A panel titled \"Sign in with SciNodes\" opens. Type your email and password and click Sign in, or click Google or Microsoft. You can't create an account or reset a password in SciVerse, Academy or Support. Do both at app.scinodes.com. Reset a forgotten password On the sign-in page, click Forgot password?. On Reset your password, type your account Email. Click Send reset link. SciNodes shows Check your inbox. If an account exists for that email, a reset link is on its way. Open the email and follow the link to choose a new password. Sign in with your new password. The link expires after a short while. If it has expired, request another one. If you signed up only with Google or Microsoft, you don't have a SciNodes password to reset. Sign in with that button instead. Change your password Click your name in the user menu to open your Profile. Under Password, click Change password. Type a new password of at least 8 characters, then type it again to confirm. Click Save password. SciNodes shows \"Password updated.\" Add a password to a Google or Microsoft account Open your Profile from the user menu. Under Password, click Set a password. Type a password of at least 8 characters and confirm it. Click Save password. From now on you can sign in with your email and this password, as well as with Google or Microsoft." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/account/single-sign-on", "title": "Single sign-on across SciNodes products", "description": "Single sign-on will let you sign in once for the SciNodes app, SciVerse, Academy and Support. Until it launches, sign in to each with the same account.", "keywords": [ "scinodes single sign-on", "sso", "sign in once", "sciverse sign in", "academy sign in", "one account" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "How it works today", "How it will work", "FAQ", "Do I need a separate account for SciVerse or Academy?", "Why do I have to sign in again when I open SciVerse from the app?", "Can I create an account in SciVerse or Academy?", "Related" ], "text": "Single sign-on across SciNodes products [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: When single sign-on launches, signing in to one SciNodes product will sign you in to the others: the SciNodes app, SciVerse, Academy and Support. Today you already use one SciNodes account everywhere, but you sign in to each product separately with the same email and password, or the same Google or Microsoft account. How it works today You have one SciNodes account. It works in every product, but each product keeps its own sign-in. Product | Where to sign in | Without signing in you can SciNodes app | app.scinodes.com/login | Nothing. The app needs an account. SciVerse | Sign in in the header at sciverse.scinodes.com | Search and browse, with at most 8 results per search Academy | Sign in at academy.scinodes.com | Read every course and article Support | Sign in at support.scinodes.com | File a ticket. High and Urgent priority need sign-in. To sign in to SciVerse, Academy or Support: Click Sign in. A panel titled \"Sign in with SciNodes\" opens. Type your SciNodes email and password and click Sign in, or click Google or Microsoft. Create your account and reset your password in the SciNodes app. SciVerse, Academy and Support don't offer sign-up or password reset. See Create your account and Sign in and manage your password. Signing out of one product doesn't sign you out of the others. Sign out of each one separately. How it will work When single sign-on launches, you'll sign in once and stay signed in as you move between the SciNodes app, SciVerse, Academy and Support. You won't need to type your details again on each site. FAQ Do I need a separate account for SciVerse or Academy? No. Use the same SciNodes account you use in the app. Why do I have to sign in again when I open SciVerse from the app? Single sign-on isn't available yet, so each product has its own sign-in for now. Use the same account details. Can I create an account in SciVerse or Academy? No. Create your account at app.scinodes.com, then sign in to the other products with it. Related Sign in and manage your password Create your account Guest vs signed in What's coming" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/citations-and-reference-styles", "title": "Citations and reference styles", "description": "Cite publications in 81 citation styles, copy in-text citations and reference lists, download .txt, .rtf, .bib or .ris, and set your default style.", "keywords": [ "cite publications", "citation style", "APA 7th edition", "bibliography export", "BibTeX export", "RIS export", "reference style list" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the Cite dialog", "Cite publications", "Download formats", "Set your default style", "Limits", "All 81 styles", "General & cross-disciplinary (19)", "Life sciences & medicine (18)", "Physical sciences & mathematics (11)", "Engineering & computing (5)", "Social sciences (5)", "Humanities & law (3)", "Publisher house styles (15)", "National standards (5)", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does changing the style in the Cite dialog change my default?", "How do I get citations into Word or Google Docs?", "How do I move publications into Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote?", "Can I add a citation style that isn't listed?", "Related" ], "text": "Citations and reference styles In short: Select publications in the Library and click Cite these N publications, or click Cite on one publication. In the Cite dialog, pick one of 81 citation styles (APA 7th edition is the default), copy the in-text citation and the reference list, or Download them as .txt, .rtf, .bib or .ris. You can cite up to 200 publications at a time. Open the Cite dialog From | Click Library, with publications selected | Cite these N publications in the selection bar Library, a publication's ⋯ menu | Cite this Publication details (Library or a map's publication window) | Cite Research in Formation, an object's Research Record | Cite this publication The dialog's title reads \"Cite this publication\" or \"Cite N publications\". Cite publications Open the Cite dialog. Choose a Style from the list. Styles are grouped, as in the full list below. Read the preview. It shows the In-text citation and the Reference (or References). For note styles, the sections are Footnote and Bibliography. Click Copy next to a section. The button briefly shows \"Copied\". Formatting such as italics comes along when you paste into a word processor. To save a file, click the Download button, for example Download .txt. To choose another format, click the arrow next to it (Choose a download format). If you pick a style that isn't your default, the dialog says \"Applies here only — your default stays style.\" with a Change the default link. Download formats Format | File | Contains Plain text | .txt | The in-text citation and the reference list, in the chosen style Rich text | .rtf | The same, with formatting such as italics, for word processors BibTeX | .bib | The publications' data, for LaTeX and reference managers RIS | .ris | The publications' data, for reference managers such as Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote BibTeX and RIS files carry publication data, not a style. The dialog remembers the format you used last. Files are named after the publication and style, for example author-year-apa.txt, or references-N-apa.txt for several publications. Set your default style Open the user menu and click User Preferences. Click Reference style. Type in \"Find a style…\" or scroll the groups. Click a style. It's saved to your account and follows you to every device. Each style shows how it cites in the text: Author–date, Numeric, Notes or Author–page. The Cite dialog always opens in your default style. Limits Up to 200 publications per citation. With more selected, the Library's cite button is disabled; select fewer. If more than 200 reach the dialog another way, it says \"Citing the first 200 of N selected publications.\" Formatting uses citeproc-js with styles from the CSL project. All 81 styles General & cross-disciplinary (19) Style | In the text APA 7th edition (default) | Author–date APA 6th edition | Author–date MLA 9th edition | Author–page MLA 8th edition | Author–page Chicago 17th (author–date) | Author–date Chicago 17th (notes and bibliography) | Notes Chicago" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/collaboration", "title": "Share a project with collaborators", "description": "Invite colleagues to a SciNodes project as Editor or Viewer, change roles, remove people or leave, and see what collaborators can and can't see.", "keywords": [ "share project", "invite collaborator", "project roles editor viewer", "team research project", "leave shared project", "collaborators" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Invite a collaborator", "Roles", "Change a role or remove someone", "Leave a project shared with you", "What collaborators see", "Coming soon", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I share a project with someone who has no SciNodes account?", "Can an Editor invite other people?", "Can my collaborators read my chats and notes?", "Can I transfer ownership of a project?", "Related" ], "text": "Share a project with collaborators In short: To share a project, open Project Settings (the gear icon), type a colleague's email under Collaborators, choose Editor or Viewer, and click Send invite. Only the project's owner can share it, and the person must already have a SciNodes account. They get access straight away, and the project appears under Shared in their sidebar. Invite a collaborator Open the project and click the gear icon to open Project Settings. Under Collaborators, type the person's email in \"Invite by email...\". Choose Editor or Viewer from the list next to it. Click Send invite. The button shows \"Sharing…\". You see \"Shared with email.\" and the person appears in the member list. Use the email address the person's SciNodes account is registered with. If they don't have an account yet, ask them to create one at app.scinodes.com first. See Create your account. Roles Can… | Owner | Editor | Viewer Open the project and read everything shared in it | Yes | Yes | Yes Change content (publications, maps, research objects) | Yes | Yes | No Rename the project and edit its details | Yes | Yes | No Invite people, change roles, remove members | Yes | No | No Archive, restore or delete the project | Yes | No | No Leave the project | No | Yes | Yes A project has exactly one owner. Ownership can't be transferred. Change a role or remove someone Only the owner can do this, in Project Settings → Collaborators: Change a role: choose Editor or Viewer in the list next to the person's name. It changes immediately. Remove someone: click × (Remove member) next to their name. They lose access immediately. There's no confirmation step. Leave a project shared with you Open the project and click the gear icon. Under Collaborators, click × (Remove member) next to your own name. You lose access straight away. The owner can invite you again later. The owner can't leave their own project; they can archive or delete it instead. What collaborators see Shared with all members | Private to each person The project's corpus (the publications in the Library) | Chats with the research assistant Saved maps | Unsaved draft maps Research objects in Research in Formation | Notes, by default The project's activity history | Corpus folders, including My references Each member's name, email and photo | Uploaded PDFs The Overview tab's Recent Activity (and View all activity) shows who changed what. Changes that were undone are marked \"undone\". Coming soon Inviting collaborators and assigning a lab from the New Project wizard (coming soon). See Lab spaces. Share links for single maps (coming soon). Today, share the whole project or export the map. See Sharing maps. Team relevance and recency scores for publications (coming soon). See Relevance and recency. Troubleshooting \"No user with that email in your workspace.\" No SciNodes account uses that email. Check the address, or ask the person to sign up first. \"This person is already a member.\" They already have access. Change their" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/lab", "title": "Lab spaces", "description": "Lab spaces will give a research group a shared home in SciNodes, with a lab profile, its projects and its members. Coming soon.", "keywords": [ "lab space", "research group workspace", "lab members", "my lab", "research group projects" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "How it will work", "Edit or remove a lab space", "What the preview can't do yet", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I share projects with my research group today?", "Are the members on my lab page real people from my institution?", "Does removing a lab space delete my projects?", "When will lab spaces be available?", "Related" ], "text": "Lab spaces [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: When it launches, a lab space will give a research group a shared home in SciNodes: a lab profile, the lab's projects and its member roster. You'll set it up from My Lab in the left sidebar. Until then, the My Lab page is a preview: what you enter is kept only in your current browser, and the projects and members it shows are samples. To work with colleagues today, share each project with them. See Share a project with collaborators. How it will work In the left sidebar, under Labs, click My Lab. On \"Create a space for your lab on SciNodes\", click Set up your lab space. Fill in the form. \"Everything here can be changed later from lab settings.\" Field | Required | Example Lab name | Yes, at least 2 characters | \"e.g. Quantum Information Lab\" Institution | Optional | \"e.g. ETH Zürich · Department of Physics\" Description | Optional | \"What does your group work on?\" Research areas | Optional | Type an area and press Enter or click Add Lab website | Optional | e.g. https://qil.example.edu Click Create lab. You'll see \"Your lab space is ready.\" The lab page shows the lab's name, institution, website, description and research areas, with Projects and Members sections. Edit or remove a lab space On the lab page, click the gear icon (Lab settings). Change the details and click Save changes. You'll see \"Lab details updated.\" To remove the lab, click Remove this lab space…. Confirm with Remove, or click Keep it. \"Remove this lab space? Your projects and account are not affected.\" What the preview can't do yet Part | Today Saving | Kept only in your current browser. Other devices and other people don't see it. Projects | Sample projects: \"Sample projects — linking your lab’s real projects is on the way.\" Members | A sample roster: \"Sample roster — invites open once lab sync ships.\" Inviting members | Not available: \"Member invites are coming soon.\" Assigning a project to a lab | Not available in the New Project wizard or in Project Settings Troubleshooting \"Give your lab a name (at least 2 characters).\" Enter a longer lab name. \"That website address doesn’t look right — check it and try again.\" Check the web address, including https:// at the start. My lab is gone on another computer. The preview is kept only in the browser where you created it. FAQ Can I share projects with my research group today? Yes. Share each project with your colleagues from Project Settings → Collaborators. See Share a project with collaborators. Are the members on my lab page real people from my institution? No. The roster is sample data for the preview. Does removing a lab space delete my projects? No. \"Your projects and account are not affected.\" When will lab spaces be available? No date has been announced. This page will be updated when lab spaces launch. Related Share a project with collaborators Project settings Work with your team What's coming" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/adding-publications", "title": "Adding publications", "description": "Five ways to add publications to a SciNodes project: upload files, enter one by hand, import from another project, search the catalog, or use SciVerse.", "keywords": [ "add publications", "import references", "add to corpus", "upload library", "add papers to project", "build corpus" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Steps", "Which option to use", "Where new publications go", "Other ways the corpus grows", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Is there a limit on how many publications a project can hold?", "Will adding the same publication twice create a duplicate?", "What's the difference between the corpus and My references?", "Can I add publications to a project someone shared with me?", "Related" ], "text": "Adding publications In short: Open a project's Library tab and click Add Publications in the sidebar. Choose Upload Anything to drop in PDFs or reference exports, Manual Entry to add one publication by DOI or by hand, Import Existing to copy publications from another project, or Discover to have SciNodes suggest publications or to search the catalog yourself. You can also add publications from SciVerse with Add to SciNodes. Steps Open the project and click the Library tab. In the sidebar, click Add Publications. A menu replaces the folder list. Click the option you want (see the table below). To close the menu and go back to your folders, click its close button. Which option to use Option | Use it when | Details Upload Anything | You have PDFs, a reference export (RIS, BibTeX and more), a spreadsheet, a ZIP or a whole folder | Uploading files Manual Entry | You want to add one publication, ideally by DOI | Manual entry Import Existing | The publications are already in another of your projects | Import from another project Discover | You want SciNodes AI to suggest publications (Suggest Publications) or you want to search the catalog yourself (Custom Search) | Discover and Suggest Add to SciNodes in SciVerse | You found a publication while browsing SciVerse | Add to SciNodes The menu also has What can I upload?, a one-page summary of these options, and Learn More, which opens SciNodes Academy. Where new publications go Every option adds publications to the project's corpus, the set of publications your maps and assistants work over. Some options also let you file them in My references, your project's main folder: Option | Destination Upload Anything, Manual Entry | You choose under Add to: My references + corpus or Corpus only Import Existing, Discover | Corpus Add to SciNodes in SciVerse | \"Added to My references ✓\" Publications already in the corpus are skipped, so you never get duplicates. See Folders. Other ways the corpus grows When you create a project: Suggest, Discover, your own files or another project. See Creating projects. From a map: on citation and co-citation maps, add a publication's cited or citing publications to the corpus. See Corpus expansion. Suggested for your library: a card above the list offers top-ranked publications from the project's first search, one at a time. Expand corpus in Expert Mode: re-run an earlier search or run a new one. See Expert Mode. Tips If the corpus is empty, the Library tab opens straight on the upload drop zone. The DOI is the most reliable way to add a single publication. It lets SciNodes remove duplicates and link citations. Uploading files with catalog lookups, Suggest, Discover, and corpus expansion use your weekly AI credits. See Credits and usage. Troubleshooting \"Open a project before adding publications.\" You're not inside a project. Open one first. A \"Coming soon\" page after using the Suggest me publications link under the upload drop zone. That shortcut isn't available yet. Use Add" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/corpus-slices", "title": "Corpus slices", "description": "Narrow which publications a SciNodes map or import uses, by year, type, keyword, author, venue, citations and more, without changing the corpus itself.", "keywords": [ "corpus slice", "filter corpus", "subset of publications", "map recent publications", "describe the slice", "filter by year", "filter by citations" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Where to use a slice", "Build a slice from filters", "Describe the slice in words", "Filter types", "Slice, corpus or expansion?", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does a slice remove publications from my corpus?", "Can I change the slice of an existing map?", "Can I slice by citation count?", "How do I map only the last five years?", "Related" ], "text": "Corpus slices In short: A corpus slice narrows which publications one map uses, or which publications you import into another project, without changing the corpus. Build it from filters (year range, publication type, keyword, author, venue, citations and more) or type a sentence under Describe the slice and let SciNodes AI turn it into filters. The count updates as you go: \"Keeps N of M publications\". You'll find slices in Expert Mode and in Import from another project. Where to use a slice Where | What the slice does Expert Mode → Corpus slice | The new map is built only from the publications the slice keeps. See Expert Mode. Import Existing (Library) or Import from another project (New Project form) → Slice the corpus or Describe the slice | Only the publications the slice keeps are copied. See Import from another project. A map built from a slice shows a \"Slice\" badge in the map gallery, and its Map Properties list the slice. See Map folders and properties. Build a slice from filters Open the slice builder (for example, Expert Mode → Corpus slice). Under Add a filter, choose a filter type. Set its value (see the table below). For text filters, type a value and press Enter, or click one of the suggestions from your corpus. Click Add filter. It appears as a chip above. Repeat for more filters. A publication must match every filter to be kept. Check the count, for example \"Keeps 214 of 1,980 publications\", and the example titles under it. Click a chip to edit it, its × to remove it, or Clear all to start again. Describe the slice in words Click Describe the slice (\"AI turns your words into filters\"). Type what you want, for example \"recent reviews on transformer models, excluding preprints\". Click Turn into filters (or press Enter). Check the filter chips SciNodes created and adjust them if needed. If part of your sentence couldn't be turned into a filter, a note says so. Describing a slice uses your weekly AI credits. Building filters yourself doesn't. See Credits and usage. Filter types Filter | How to set it Keyword | One or more keywords. With several, choose Any of these or All of these. Author | One or more author names Venue (journal) | One or more journals or conferences Publication type | Tick Journal articles, Conference papers, Preprints, Theses, Book chapters or Reviews. Counts from your corpus show beside each. Year range | From and To years Recent years | The last N years Title / abstract contains | One or more phrases, with Any of these or All of these Affiliation | One or more institutions Language | One or more language codes Open access | Open access only or Not open access Retracted | Exclude retracted or Retracted only Minimum citations (OpenAlex) | Cited at least N times, according to OpenAlex Cited within this corpus | Cited at least N times by publications in this corpus Corpus folder | One of your folders, such as My references For text filters, SciNodes shows the most common values in your corpus, with counts, before you" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/discover-and-suggest", "title": "Discover and Suggest", "description": "Find new publications for a SciNodes project: let AI plan searches from a description (Suggest), or search the catalog yourself with filters (Custom Search).", "keywords": [ "find publications", "suggest publications", "literature search", "search catalog", "discover publications", "AI literature search", "include exclude filters" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Suggest publications", "Search the catalog yourself (Custom Search)", "Options and limits", "Suggest compared with Discover", "When creating a project", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do Suggest and Discover search the web?", "Will I get duplicates of publications I already have?", "Can I see what searches Suggest ran?", "Why are the numbers different from SciVerse?", "Related" ], "text": "Discover and Suggest In short: Suggest means you describe a research focus and SciNodes AI plans several catalog searches for you. Discover (called Custom Search in the Library) means you write the search yourself, with year limits and include or exclude filters. In a project, open Library → Add Publications → Discover, pick Suggest Publications or Custom Search, set How many publications, run the search, untick anything you don't want and click Add N selected publications. Before you start Both use your weekly AI credits for search planning. See Credits and usage. Results come from the same scholarly catalog as SciVerse. Suggest publications Open the project's Library tab and click Add Publications → Discover. Click the Suggest Publications tab. Set How many publications (100 by default). Under \"What are you looking for?\", describe what you're after in a sentence or two. Your project description is filled in as a starting point. Click Tidy up my wording to fix terminology and grammar. Click Find publications. \"Searching for:\" shows the searches SciNodes AI planned. When they're done, you see \"N publications found\". Review the list. Publications already in your library are left unticked and marked \"In your library\". Use Select all or Select none, or untick rows one by one. Click Add N selected publications. A bar follows progress, and a summary appears when it's done. Search the catalog yourself (Custom Search) In Library → Add Publications → Discover, click the Custom Search tab. Set How many publications. Type in the search box (\"Search publications, authors, organizations, topics…\"). Optional: open Filters: Publication year: from and to. Refine by: choose Author, Organization, Topic, Journal or Conference, choose Include or Exclude, then type and pick a match. Included filters show with \"+\", excluded with \"−\". Optional: click Add another query to run several searches together. Each query has its own filters. Press Enter or click Find publications to preview the results. Untick what you don't want and click Add N selected publications. Options and limits Option | Limit How many publications (Library) | 100 by default, up to the limit shown next to the box (800 by default). Fixed once you search; click Edit search to change it. Queries per search | Up to 10 Refine by filters | Up to 25 included and 25 excluded per type. Journals and conferences share one list. Suggest when creating a project | Up to 800 publications Discover when creating a project | About 500 publications by default. A search that finds fewer can't proceed. Suggest compared with Discover | Suggest | Discover / Custom Search You provide | A description of your research focus | Search terms and filters Who writes the searches | SciNodes AI, several at once | You, up to 10 Best for | Exploring an unfamiliar field | Reproducible, controlled searches, for example in a systematic review Filters | None | Year, and include or exclude authors, organizations, topics, journals," }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/feeders-and-corpus-expansion", "title": "Corpus expansion", "description": "Grow a SciNodes corpus for good: re-run the searches that built it, run new searches, or add a publication's cited and citing publications from a map.", "keywords": [ "expand corpus", "corpus expansion", "re-run search", "add cited publications", "snowballing", "snowball search" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Re-run a previous search", "Run a new search", "Add cited or citing publications from a map", "Suggested for your library", "Search history", "Limits", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "What's the difference between expanding the corpus and slicing it?", "Can I undo an expansion?", "Why does my citation map need reference data after an expansion?", "Is my search history kept for a systematic review?", "Related" ], "text": "Corpus expansion In short: Corpus expansion permanently adds publications you don't have yet. Re-run a search that built your corpus, or run a new one, from Expand corpus in Expert Mode (up to 100 new publications per run, up to 5 searches at once). On citation and co-citation maps, click a publication and use Add N cited publications to corpus or Add N citing publications to corpus to follow what it cites and what cites it. SciNodes records every catalog search that built the corpus, so you can repeat it later. Before you start Expansion uses your weekly AI credits, like other AI features. See Credits and usage. Only publications not already in the corpus are added. Nothing is ever duplicated. Expansion changes the corpus for good. To narrow what one map uses without changing the corpus, use a corpus slice instead. Re-run a previous search On the Research Maps tab, open Expert Mode. See Expert Mode. Open the Expand corpus section (\"Optional · adds publications to the corpus permanently\"). Stay on Re-run a previous search. The list shows the catalog searches that fed this corpus. Tick up to 5 searches. Set How many to add (50 by default, up to 100 new publications per run). Click Re-run for N more. A bar shows \"Adding publications… N%\". Click Stop to end early. When it's done, a message such as \"Added 87 publications to your corpus.\" confirms it. While an expansion runs in Expert Mode, map creation waits for it to finish. Run a new search In Expert Mode → Expand corpus, click New search. Type in Search for. Optional: choose Sort by (Relevance, Newest or Most cited), set From year and To year, or tick Open access only. Set How many to add. Click Search and add up to N. For a bigger search with include and exclude filters, use Library → Add Publications → Discover instead. See Discover and Suggest. Add cited or citing publications from a map On citation and co-citation maps you can follow one publication's citations in either direction, a technique often called snowballing. Click a publication node on the map. In the panel on the right, scroll to its Cited publications or Cited by list. Click Add N cited publications to corpus or Add N citing publications to corpus. If there are a lot, the button reads \"Add top N of M …\". When it's done, regenerate the map to see the new structure. Messages you may see: \"Corpus extended — regenerate the map to see the new structure.\", \"Map updated with the extended corpus.\" and \"All of those publications are already in your corpus.\" See Selecting, merging and excluding. Suggested for your library Above the Library list, a Suggested for your library card offers top-ranked publications from the search that created the project, one at a time. Save to my library files it in My references. Dismiss removes it. It \"Won't be suggested again\". The card stops once My references holds 10 publications or the suggestions run out. To hide it, turn off the Suggestions switch at the top of the details panel (shown when no" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/folders", "title": "Folders", "description": "Organize a SciNodes library with My references and your own folders: create, rename and delete folders, file publications, and remove or unsave them safely.", "keywords": [ "library folders", "My references", "organize publications", "screening folders", "move to folder", "remove from corpus", "unsave" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Corpus, My references and folders", "Create, rename and delete folders", "File publications in folders", "Take publications out", "Automatic saving to My references", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can a publication be in more than one folder?", "Does deleting a folder delete its publications?", "What's the difference between Unsave and Remove from corpus?", "Can collaborators see my folders?", "Related" ], "text": "Folders In short: Every project has a permanent folder called My references for the publications you've chosen to keep, and you can add your own folders under Folders in the Library sidebar. A publication can sit in several folders at once. Filing, moving or unfiling never changes the corpus. Only Remove from corpus takes a publication out of the project, and that can't be undone. Corpus, My references and folders | What it is Corpus | Every publication in the project. Maps and assistants work over it. My references | A permanent folder for the publications you've saved. It can't be deleted. Your folders | Folders you create, for example \"Include\", \"Exclude\" and \"Maybe\" for screening Folders, including My references, are private: on a shared project, each member has their own. Click a folder in the sidebar to see only its publications. To see the whole corpus again, clear any selection and click Corpus at the bottom of the details panel. Create, rename and delete folders Open the project's Library tab. Click the New Folder button next to Folders in the sidebar. Type a name and press Enter. To rename or delete a folder, click its Folder actions button (or right-click it) and choose Rename or Delete. Deleting asks \"Delete this folder?\" and warns that it can't be undone. Click Delete folder. The publications in it stay in the corpus and in any other folders. File publications in folders Any of these works: Drag a publication, or a selection of publications, onto a folder in the sidebar. Row menu: click a publication's ⋯ button (or right-click the row) and choose Copy to folder, then pick a folder. Selection panel: select several publications, then click Copy to folder in the panel on the right. Details panel: open a publication and click Add to folder under \"Folders and organization\". When you're viewing one of your own folders, the same commands read Move to folder (or Move / add to folder in the row menu). Moving asks what you want: Choice | Result Move to \"folder\" | Removes it from the current folder and files it in the new one Keep in both | Adds it to the new folder and leaves it in the current one Take publications out Action | Where | What happens | Undo Remove from \"folder\" | Selection panel, while viewing that folder; or the remove button on a folder chip in the details panel | Unfiled from that folder only. Stays in the corpus. | File it again Unsave | Row menu or selection panel | Leaves My references. Stays in the corpus and can be saved again from a research map. | Save it again Remove from corpus | Selection panel | Removed from the project's corpus and unfiled from every folder | Can't be undone Remove from corpus asks \"Remove from corpus?\" first. Click Remove to confirm. Automatic saving to My references By default, SciNodes files a publication into My references when you: write a note about it add it to Research in Formation fetch its PDF upload a PDF for it To change this, open the account menu → User Preferences → Autosave" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/import-from-another-project", "title": "Import from another project", "description": "Copy publications from one SciNodes project into another: the entire corpus, a filtered slice, or a slice you describe in your own words.", "keywords": [ "import publications", "copy corpus", "reuse publications", "copy between projects", "import existing", "corpus slice" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Steps", "The three modes", "When creating a project", "Copy selected publications instead", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does importing move publications out of the other project?", "Are my folders, notes and highlights copied too?", "Can I import from a project someone shared with me?", "Will I get duplicates?", "Related" ], "text": "Import from another project In short: In the Library tab, click Add Publications → Import Existing, pick one of your other projects, then choose Entire corpus, Slice the corpus or Describe the slice. Click Import publications into this corpus. Publications already in this project are skipped, and the source project isn't changed. Steps Open the project you want to add publications to and click the Library tab. Click Add Publications → Import Existing. The page is headed \"Reuse publications from another project\". On the left, pick the project to copy from. Use \"Search your projects…\" to find it. On the right, under \"What to import\", choose a mode: Entire corpus: \"Copy every publication from this project as-is.\" Slice the corpus: \"Keep only publications matching filters you build — keywords, authors, venues, years, types.\" Describe the slice: \"Say what to keep in your own words; SciNodes AI turns it into filters you can adjust.\" For a slice, build the filters or describe what to keep, then check the count, for example \"Keeps 120 of 900 publications\". See Corpus slices. Click Import publications into this corpus. A message confirms it, for example \"Imported 120 publications from the slice.\" The banner \"Importing from \"project name\". Pick another project to import more.\" lets you repeat the process with another project. The three modes Mode | What's copied | Uses AI credits Entire corpus | Every publication in the source project | No Slice the corpus | Only publications that match the filters you add | No Describe the slice | Only publications that match the filters SciNodes AI builds from your sentence. You can adjust them before importing. | Yes, to turn your words into filters When creating a project The New Project form has the same option, Import from another project, with the same three modes. Its button reads Import Publications and Create Project. The option only appears if you already have at least one project. See Creating projects. Copy selected publications instead To copy a handful of publications rather than a whole corpus or slice, work from the source project: select them in its Library, then click Copy to another project and pick the destination. See Searching and filtering. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do \"Pick a project on the left to enable import.\" | No source project chosen | Click a project in the list \"Add at least one filter, or describe the slice.\" | A slice mode is on but empty | Add a filter, or switch to Entire corpus \"No publication matches this slice. Loosen a filter first.\" | The slice keeps nothing | Remove or widen a filter \"Nothing new to import — every matching publication is already in this corpus.\" | Everything was already here | Nothing to do \"The publications could not be imported.\" | The copy failed | Try again \"You don't have any other projects to import from yet.\" | This is your only project | Build a corpus in another project first \"No projects match \"…\".\" | Your search found no project" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/manual-entry", "title": "Manual entry", "description": "Add a single publication to a SciNodes project by DOI or by hand: fetch details from Crossref or OpenAlex, fill in fields and choose where it goes.", "keywords": [ "add publication by DOI", "manual entry", "add reference manually", "DOI lookup", "Crossref lookup", "add one paper" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Steps", "Fields", "Where it goes", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do I need a DOI?", "Can I add many publications this way?", "Can I edit a publication after adding it?", "Where does Fetch details get its data?", "Related" ], "text": "Manual entry In short: In the Library tab, click Add Publications → Manual Entry. Paste a DOI and click Fetch details to fill the form from OpenAlex or Crossref, or type the details yourself. Only a title is required. Choose My references + corpus or Corpus only, then click Add publication. The form clears so you can add the next one. Steps Open the project and click the Library tab. Click Add Publications → Manual Entry. The page is headed \"Add a publication by hand\". Paste the DOI into the DOI field, for example 10.1038/s41586-023-00000-0. A full doi.org link works too. Click Fetch details (or press Enter). When it works, you see \"Filled from OpenAlex\" or \"Filled from Crossref\", followed by \"check the fields, edit anything, then add.\" Check the Publication type, Title, Authors, Year and venue. Edit anything that's wrong. Optional: click More details to add more fields. Under Add to, choose My references + corpus or Corpus only. Click Add publication. \"Publication added. The form is cleared for the next one.\" confirms it. No DOI? Skip steps 3–4 and fill in the fields yourself. Fields Field | Notes DOI | The most reliable identifier. It lets SciNodes remove duplicates and link citations across your corpus. Publication type | Journal Article, Conference Paper, Preprint, Thesis, Book Chapter or Review Title | Required Authors | One per row. Click Add author for more. Year | Venue | The label changes with the type: Journal, Conference / Proceedings, Repository, Institution or Book title Under More details (optional): Field | Notes Volume, Issue, Pages, Edition | Publisher, Language | Editors | Separate names with semicolons URL | Shown as \"Open at publisher\" in the details panel PMID, arXiv ID, ISBN, ISSN | Other identifiers Keywords | Type a keyword and press Enter to add it Abstract | Paste it if you have it Where it goes Option | Result My references + corpus | \"File it in your library and add it to the project corpus\" Corpus only | \"Add it to the project corpus without filing it\" See Folders for what My references is. Tips Fetch details only fills fields it found. Anything you already typed in other fields stays. \"N added this session\" next to the buttons counts how many you've added since opening the page. Clear empties the form without adding anything. To add a PDF, open the new publication in the list and click Upload PDF. See Fetching and uploading PDFs. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do \"This DOI wasn't found in OpenAlex or Crossref — you can fill the fields in manually.\" | Neither catalog knows this DOI | Check it, or type the details yourself \"That doesn't look like a DOI — check it, or fill the fields in manually.\" | The text isn't a DOI | DOIs start with 10. \"The lookup service is unavailable — try again, or fill the fields in manually.\" | The lookup didn't answer | Try again later, or type the details \"Add a title first.\" (on the button) | The title is empty | Type a title \"Already in this corpus — nothing new was" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/publication-details", "title": "Publication details", "description": "What the SciNodes publication details panel shows and does: bibliographic fields, PDF actions, alias, translation, retraction warnings, folders, notes and chat.", "keywords": [ "publication details", "publication record", "alias", "retracted publication", "open access", "translate abstract", "chat about publication" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the details", "What the panel shows", "Action buttons", "Give a publication an alias", "Read a translation", "Retracted publications", "The row menu", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I correct a publication's title or authors?", "What does \"RIFfed!\" mean?", "Why is there no abstract?", "What can the assistant see when I chat about a publication?", "Related" ], "text": "Publication details In short: Click a publication in the Library list to open its details on the right. You see its type, title, authors, journal, year, identifiers and abstract, plus buttons to view, fetch or upload its PDF, write a note, chat about it and Cite it. You can give it a short alias, file it in folders, add it to Research in Formation with RIF it, and read a machine translation of its title and abstract. Open the details Open the project's Library tab. Click a publication in the list. Use the toggle at the edge of the panel to collapse or expand it. The same panel appears beside the PDF viewer, so you can read a PDF without losing the details, note or chat. What the panel shows Part | What's there Badges | The publication type, plus Open access or Retracted where they apply Title | With a language picker if a translation is available Action buttons | PDF, note and chat (see below) Alias | Your own short name for the publication Authors, Journal, Year | Always shown. Volume, issue and pages appear under the journal when known. Editors, Publisher, Edition, Language | Shown when known DOI, PMID, arXiv, ISSN, ISBN | Shown when known. DOI and arXiv link out. Link | \"Open at publisher\", when a URL is known Abstract | With Show more / Show less for long abstracts Tags | Keywords attached to the publication Folders and organization | RIF it, your folders and Add to folder The bibliographic fields are read-only. The alias is the one field you can edit. Action buttons Button | When you see it | What it does View PDF | SciNodes holds a copy | Opens the PDF viewer Fetch PDF | An open-access copy can be found | Fetches it in the background. The arrow next to it offers Upload PDF. Upload PDF | No copy is available | Lets you upload your own copy Note icon (\"Write note\" / \"Open note\") | Always | Opens a note about this publication in the panel. Open in Notes opens it in the Notes tab. Chat icon (\"Chat about this\" / \"Continue the chat about this\") | Always | Opens a research assistant chat about this publication in the panel. Open in Assistant moves it to the Research Assistants tab. Cite | Next to the year | Opens the cite dialog. See Citations and reference styles. PDF details: Fetching and uploading PDFs. Chat details: Attachments and what's in view. Give a publication an alias An alias is a short name you choose, such as \"HN22\". It appears before the title in the list, and you can search by it. In the details panel, click Add an alias. Type a short name (up to 48 characters). Click Save. To change it, click Rename. To delete it, click Remove. You can also use Set alias or Rename alias in the row menu. Read a translation When a translation is possible, buttons under the title let you switch versions: Original, English (if the publication isn't in English) and your explainer language (if you've set one other than English), shown by its own name. SciNodes translates the title and abstract. The original stays untouched, and the panel shows \"Machine" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/saved-authors-and-venues", "title": "Saved authors and venues", "description": "Keep lists of key authors, journals and conferences in a SciNodes project: save them from maps, let SciNodes save them automatically, or have AI suggest them.", "keywords": [ "saved authors", "saved venues", "key authors", "find journals", "suggest authors", "suggest venues", "bookmark author" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the lists", "What the tables show", "Save from a map", "Automatic saving", "Suggest authors or venues", "Limits", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do collaborators see my saved authors and venues?", "What counts as a venue?", "Can I turn off automatic saving?", "Where can I learn more about an author?", "Related" ], "text": "Saved authors and venues In short: Authors and Venues in the Library sidebar are your bookmark lists for the people, journals and conferences that matter to a project. Save an author or venue from a node on a research map with Save author or Save venue, let SciNodes save them automatically when you write a note, add them to Research in Formation or ask the assistant about them, or click Suggest authors / Suggest venues to have AI find the most active ones for a research focus. Open the lists Open the project's Library tab. In the sidebar, click Authors or Venues. The number next to each is how many you've saved. What the tables show List | Columns | Search box Authors | Name, ORCID (links to the ORCID profile), Publications, Saved | \"Search saved authors by name or ORCID\" Venues | Name, Type, ISSN, Publications, Saved | \"Search saved venues by name, ISSN or publisher\" Click a column heading to sort by it. Each row has three actions: Action | What it does View publications in corpus | Shows the corpus publications by that author or in that venue RIF it | Adds the author or venue to Research in Formation Remove | Asks \"Remove from saved authors?\" (or venues), then takes it off the list when you click Remove. The author or venue and their publications in your corpus aren't affected. Save from a map On the Research Maps tab, open a map whose nodes are authors or venues, and click a node. See Map types for which maps use these units. In the panel on the right, click Save author or Save venue. The button changes to Author saved or Venue saved. Click it again to remove it from the list. Automatic saving By default, SciNodes saves an author or venue when you: write a note about it on the map add it to Research in Formation ask the assistant about it Right after an automatic save, the button reads Undo autosave. Click it if you didn't want the author or venue saved. To change which actions save automatically, open the account menu → User Preferences → Autosave authors or Autosave venues. See Preferences. Suggest authors or venues Open Authors or Venues and click Suggest authors or Suggest venues. Set How many authors or How many venues (50 by default, up to 200). Under \"What are you looking for?\", describe a research focus. Your project description is filled in as a starting point. Click Find authors or Find venues. SciNodes finds those publishing most on the focus, based on real catalog counts. Review the results. Ones you've already saved are left unticked and marked \"Already saved\". Use Select all or Select none as needed. Click Save N selected authors (or venues). Click Back to Saved Authors (or Back to Saved Venues) to see the list. Suggestions use your weekly AI credits. See Credits and usage. Limits Item | Limit Suggestions per search | 1 to 200, 50 by default Saved list size | No fixed limit Troubleshooting \"No saved authors yet.\" Select an author node on a map and click Save author, or click Suggest authors. \"No saved authors match your search.\"" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/searching-and-filtering", "title": "Searching, filtering and selecting", "description": "Search and filter the publications in a SciNodes library, select many at once with the mouse or keyboard, and act on a selection: cite, file, copy or remove.", "keywords": [ "search library", "filter publications", "select multiple publications", "bulk actions", "library search options", "cite selected publications" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Search the library", "Advanced search options", "Filter the list", "Change the view", "Select publications", "Act on a selection", "Copy to another project", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I search inside abstracts or full text?", "Does the library search support AND, OR or quotation marks?", "Can I combine the Tags and Date range filters?", "How do I select every publication in a folder?", "Related" ], "text": "Searching, filtering and selecting In short: Use the search box at the top of the Library list to find publications, Advanced options to choose which fields to search and how to match, and Filters to narrow by tag, year, author or abstract. Tick publications, or use Shift-click and Ctrl-click, to select many. The panel on the right then offers Cite these N publications, folder filing, Copy to another project and Remove from corpus. Search the library Open the project's Library tab. Type in the search box. The list updates as you type. If a folder is open, only that folder is searched. To clear the search, click the clear button in the box. Advanced search options Click the Advanced configuration button at the right of the search box: Option | Choices Search in | Title, Authors, Journal, Tags, Alias. Turn each on or off. Match | Contains (anywhere in the text), Exact (the whole field), Whole word Case sensitive | Tick to match upper and lower case exactly Filter the list Click Filters. Click one filter type, then set it: Filter | Settings Tags | Type part of a tag (\"Tag contains…\"), then choose Has tag or Excludes Date range | Publication year From and To Authors | Type part of an author's name (\"Author name contains…\") Abstract | Available or Not available One filter type applies at a time. Click the active type again to turn filtering off. Filters combine with the search box and the open folder. Change the view Click the View options button and choose Comfortable or Compact rows. Each row shows the title, authors, year and journal, plus an Open access or Retracted badge where it applies. If you gave a publication an alias, it appears before the title. Select publications To | Do this Open one publication's details | Click the row, or press Enter or Space on it Select one | Tick its checkbox Add or remove one from the selection | Ctrl + Click (Cmd + Click on a Mac) Select a range | Shift + Click the last row of the range Sweep-select | Hold Shift or Ctrl and drag across rows Extend the selection with the keyboard | Shift + ↑ or Shift + ↓ Move between rows | ↑ / ↓ Scroll the list without zooming the page | Ctrl + mouse wheel While publications are selected, the right-hand panel shows the selection actions instead of one publication's details. Act on a selection When anything is selected, the right-hand panel shows \"N selected\" and these actions: Action | What it does Cite these N publications | Opens the cite dialog for the selection, up to 200 at a time. See Citations and reference styles. Select all / Deselect all | Selects or clears every publication currently listed Copy to folder / Move to folder | Files the selection in a folder. It reads Move when you're viewing one of your own folders. See Folders. Copy to another project | Adds the selection to another project's corpus. Publications already there are skipped. Remove from \"folder\" | Unfiles the selection from the open folder. They stay in the corpus. Unsave | Takes the selection out of My" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/library/uploading-files", "title": "Uploading files", "description": "Upload PDFs, RIS, BibTeX, PubMed, EndNote, Web of Science, CSV or Excel exports, ZIPs and whole folders into a SciNodes project, and read each file's status.", "keywords": [ "upload RIS", "upload BibTeX", "import PDF", "import Scopus export", "import Web of Science", "upload ZIP", "import reference library" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Steps", "Supported formats", "Per-file statuses", "Limits", "When your AI credits run out", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How do I import my Zotero or Mendeley library?", "Can I upload a whole folder of PDFs?", "Do uploaded PDFs count as private?", "Why were some entries in my RIS file skipped?", "Related" ], "text": "Uploading files In short: In the Library tab, click Add Publications → Upload Anything, then drop files or folders on the drop zone. SciNodes reads PDFs and reference exports (RIS, BibTeX, .nbib, .enw, .ciw, CSV, TSV, .xlsx, .txt), unpacks ZIPs and walks folders. Choose My references + corpus or Corpus only, then click Add N publications. Each file shows its own status, and publications already in the corpus are marked as duplicates instead of being added twice. Steps Open the project and click the Library tab. Click Add Publications → Upload Anything. Drop files or folders on \"Drop your files or folders here, or click to browse\". To pick a folder without dragging, click Browse for a folder. Check the list. Each file shows its name, folder and size, and a tag for the database it came from when SciNodes recognizes it. Remove any file with its remove button. Under Add to, choose: My references + corpus: \"File them in your library and add them to the project corpus\". Corpus only: \"Add them to the project corpus without filing them\". Click Add N publications. Watch the progress list. When it says \"Publications added\", a summary line shows how many were added, duplicates, skipped, not supported and failed. Click Add more publications to upload another batch. You can switch to another tab while files are processed. The upload carries on. Supported formats What | Formats PDFs | .pdf Reference exports | RIS (.ris), BibTeX (.bib, .bibtex), PubMed (.nbib), EndNote (.enw), Web of Science (.ciw), CSV, TSV, Excel (.xlsx), plain text (.txt, format detected from its content) Containers | ZIP files, and whole folders including nested subfolders Databases recognized | Dimensions, Lens, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science Reference managers | Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote (export as RIS or BibTeX) Not supported: legacy Excel .xls (save it as .xlsx or CSV), Word documents and images. A ZIP inside a ZIP is skipped. Per-file statuses Status | Meaning Waiting… | Queued. Reference exports go first, then PDFs. Importing publications… | A reference export is being imported Reading the PDF… | Extracting text and details from a PDF Looking up metadata… | Matching the PDF against the catalog for clean details Creating the publication… | Saving the publication to your corpus Attaching the PDF… | Storing the PDF with the publication Added / Imported | Done Duplicate / Already in the corpus | The publication was already there, or appeared earlier in the same batch Not supported | SciNodes doesn't read this format Failed | Something went wrong. The detail says what. A reference export's detail line reads like \"42 publications — 40 added, 1 duplicate, 1 skipped (no title)\". Entries without a title are skipped. A very large file may show \"first N publications of a larger file\". Limits Limit | Value ZIP contents | 500 files, 100 MB per file, 500 MB unpacked in total Reading one PDF | 60 seconds Catalog lookup per PDF | 20 seconds, then saved from the file's own details Uploading one" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/building-a-map", "title": "Building a map", "description": "What happens after you plot a research map: build steps, progress, background builds, cancelling, very large maps and what to do when a build fails.", "keywords": [ "map build progress", "map taking long", "cancel map build", "map build failed", "large map loading", "nothing to map", "background map build" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What you see while a map builds", "Steps of a large build", "Keep working while it builds", "Cancel a build", "Very large maps", "Your project's first map", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How long does a map take to build?", "Does closing the map stop the build?", "What does Cancel delete?", "Why does my large map show only some nodes?", "Related" ], "text": "Building a map In short: After you choose a map from a question, the Query Bank or Expert Mode, SciNodes builds it and opens it on the stage. Small maps appear almost at once. Large maps build in steps (Preparing corpus, Detecting clusters, Laying out map, Building map, Finalizing map) and appear bit by bit. You can keep working while a map builds. Click Cancel to stop a build; the partial map is deleted completely. What you see while a map builds Situation | What appears Small map | \"Generating map\" with \"Connecting Dots\", then the map. Large map, before any nodes arrive | The current step, a progress bar, a node count such as \"12,288 / 61,440 nodes\" and a Cancel button. Before counts are known it says \"This is a large map — first nodes appear shortly\". Large map, nodes arriving | The map grows on the stage. A thin strip at the top shows the step, the count and Cancel. Opening a saved map | \"Rebuilding map\" while it loads. In the gallery and the map list | A building badge on the map. Cluster names appear a moment after the map does. Until then clusters may show numbered names. Steps of a large build Preparing corpus: SciNodes gathers the publications the map uses (the whole corpus or your corpus slice). Detecting clusters: groups closely linked nodes. See Expert Mode for the settings. Laying out map: positions the nodes. Building map: sends nodes and edges to your screen in batches. Finalizing map: saves the finished map. Keep working while it builds Switch to another map or tab whenever you like. The build carries on; only Cancel stops it. Come back to the map from the gallery or the map list in the left sidebar to see its progress or the finished map. Some actions wait until the build finishes. Excluding and merging nodes say \"Available once the map finishes building\". Weightage says \"Available once the map finishes saving\". Renaming says \"Still building — rename it once it finishes\", and the Save this map button appears only once the build has finished. Cancel a build Open the building map. Click Cancel in the progress overlay or in the strip at the top. The partial map is removed from the project. If SciNodes can't cancel in time you see \"Could not cancel the map build.\" and the build continues to its end. Very large maps For very large maps SciNodes first shows the best-connected part of the map and says so, for example \"Showing the 65,536 most connected of 210,000 nodes\". Click Load more to bring in more nodes. To see more of one cluster, click it and choose Expand this cluster. Large maps need more memory. See System requirements. Your project's first map Every new project builds an Initial Map automatically: a Term Co-occurrence map drawn from titles, author keywords and index keywords. It is saved for you. Later maps start as drafts. See Drafts and saving maps. Troubleshooting \"Map build failed\" with a reason such as \"Map generation failed.\" Click Retry to build again with the same settings, or Discard to remove it. If some nodes had" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/create-from-a-question", "title": "Create a map from a research question", "description": "Type a research question in the Map queries bar and SciNodes recommends the map that answers it, builds it and opens a chat about it.", "keywords": [ "map a research question", "map queries bar", "recommended map", "research question map", "which map should I use", "explore with map" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Steps", "What the dialog shows", "Typing tips", "When your question isn't a map question", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Which questions work best?", "Does asking a question cost credits?", "Can I change the settings SciNodes picked?", "Why did I get a chat instead of a map?", "Related" ], "text": "Create a map from a research question In short: Open any map in the Research Maps tab, type a question into the Map queries bar at the bottom of the map, and press Enter. SciNodes shows one or more ways to answer it, marked Recommended, Alternative or Starting point. Click Explore with map on the one you want. SciNodes builds the map, opens it and starts a Chat with this map thread with your question as the first message. Before you start Your project needs publications in its corpus. See Adding publications. The Map queries bar floats over an open map. Every new project builds an Initial Map automatically, so there is usually one to open. If you're in the maps gallery, use the Query Bank instead. Steps Open your project and click the Research Maps tab. Click a map in the gallery to open it, for example Initial Map. Click into the Map queries bar at the bottom of the map. Suggested questions from the built-in catalog appear above it, weighted for your project's research focus. Type your own question, or pick a suggestion. Use ↑ and ↓ to move through suggestions and Enter to choose one. Press Enter, or click Map this question (the arrow button). A dialog titled \"How do you want to answer this?\" opens. Read the options. Each card shows the map type, the unit of analysis, what nodes and edges are sized by, and a short reason why it fits. Click Explore with map on the option you want. Wait while the map builds. It opens on the stage, and the side panel opens a chat that asks your question about the new map. If the project already has the same map, the card says \"You already have this map\" and offers Explore existing map (open it) or Explore through new map (build another copy). What the dialog shows Part of the card | What it means Recommended | The best fit for your question. Alternative | Another good way to answer it, often with a different map type or unit. Starting point | An exploratory map to begin with when no exact match exists. \"Type map\" | The map type that will be built. \"Unit of analysis: … · nodes sized by … · edges by …\" | What each node is, and the weightage used for node size and edge thickness. Filter chips | Filters the map applies to your corpus, for example a year range. A chip marked \"(not applied)\" is shown for information only. Some recommended maps first add more related publications to your corpus by re-running the searches that built it, then build the map. Corpus expansion uses your weekly credits. See Corpus expansion. Typing tips Press Shift + Enter for a new line. Questions can be up to 300 characters. Press Esc to close the suggestions without clearing your question. If you close the dialog without choosing, your question stays in the bar so you can refine it, for example by adding \"in the last five years\". To get the bar out of the way, click its minimize button. Click Map queries to bring it back. The two buttons above the suggestions open Expert Mode and the Query Bank. When your question isn't a map question" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/drafts-and-saving", "title": "Drafts and saving maps", "description": "Why new maps start as drafts, how to save a map, discard drafts with undo, and what happens when you reach the limit of 32 drafts per project.", "keywords": [ "save map", "unsaved map", "draft maps", "discard drafts", "drafts are full", "map disappeared", "keep map" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Save a map", "Maps that are kept automatically", "The Unsaved section", "Discard drafts", "When your drafts are full", "Who can see drafts", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why do maps start as drafts?", "Is my first map a draft?", "Does the 32-draft limit count my collaborators' drafts?", "Can I get back a draft that was replaced?", "Related" ], "text": "Drafts and saving maps In short: Your project's first map is saved automatically. Every map after that starts as a draft in the Unsaved section of the maps gallery. To keep one, open it and click Save this map at the top left of the map, then press Enter. You can hold up to 32 drafts per project. When you're at the limit, the next map you make replaces the draft you opened longest ago, permanently. Drafts are private to you until you save them. Save a map Open the draft from the gallery or the map list in the left sidebar. Click Save this map at the top left of the map. Edit the name in the box if you like. Press Enter or click the check button. You see \"Map saved.\" Other ways to save: In the gallery, click Save this map on a card in the Unsaved section. Right-click a map card in the gallery and click Save map. Right-click a map in the left sidebar list and click Save map. Press Esc to close the name box without saving. Saving is permanent. A saved map can't be turned back into a draft, but you can delete it. See Map folders and properties. Maps that are kept automatically SciNodes also keeps a draft for you when you: write a note about the map, or about something on it, or add the map, or evidence from it, to Research in Formation. Chatting about a map doesn't keep it. You can turn either automatic action off in Preferences under \"Which actions keep a draft map\" (Writing a note on it, Adding it to RIF). With one turned off, SciNodes may remind you once with \"“name” is still a draft.\" and a Save this map button. The Unsaved section Drafts appear at the top of the Research Maps gallery under Unsaved, with a count such as \"12 / 32\". Each card has Discard and Save this map. In the left sidebar list, drafts show an unsaved icon and the tooltip starts with \"Unsaved\". Discard drafts One draft: Click Discard on its card in the Unsaved section. The card disappears and you see \"Discarded “name”.\" with Undo. You have one minute to undo. All drafts (shown when you have more than 5): Click Discard all in the Unsaved header, or right-click a map card and click Discard all N drafts. Read \"Discard all N drafts?\" and click Discard all. You see \"Discarded N drafts.\" with Undo for one minute. Drafts that are still building are kept. Your saved maps are never affected. When your drafts are full You can hold 32 drafts per project. When you're at the limit and start a new map, SciNodes shows \"Your drafts are full\" with your count before it builds anything: It lists your drafts under \"Longest untouched\", with the first to go at the top. Click Save this map on any you want to keep, or Discard on any you don't need. Click Plot map anyway to build the new map. The draft you opened longest ago is deleted for good. Click Not now to cancel. Tick Don’t show this again to skip this notice in future. Drafts are still replaced when you're at the limit; the gallery count keeps showing how close you are. Who can see drafts Drafts are visible only to the person who made them." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/empty-maps-and-reference-data", "title": "Empty maps and reference data", "description": "Why a research map comes out empty or without links, and how to fix it with Fetch reference data, a wider corpus slice or lower thresholds.", "keywords": [ "empty map", "map has no links", "citation map empty", "fetch reference data", "nothing to map", "no edges", "co-citation map empty" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What each map type needs", "What you might see", "Fetch reference data", "Common reasons and fixes", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why are citation maps empty for catalog imports?", "What if my publications came from uploaded files?", "Does fetching reference data change my corpus?", "How long does it take?", "Related" ], "text": "Empty maps and reference data In short: An empty map, or one with nodes but no links, isn't an error. It means your corpus doesn't hold what that map type is built from, or a slice or threshold removed everything, and SciNodes tells you which. Citation, Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling maps need reference data, which isn't included when publications come from the catalog. Click Fetch reference data once for the project, wait a few minutes, then build the map again. What each map type needs Map type | Built from | Empty when Citation | Reference data | No reference data, or no publication cites another publication that is also in your corpus. Co-citation | Reference data | No reference data, or no two cited publications are ever cited together. Bibliographic Coupling | Reference data | No reference data, or no two publications cite the same publication. Co-authorship | Author lists (and affiliations for organizations or countries) | Publications have no authors or no usable affiliations. Keyword Co-occurrence | Author keywords, index keywords or MeSH terms | Publications carry none of the chosen keywords. Term Co-occurrence | Titles, abstracts and keywords you chose | The chosen fields have no usable terms. Maps by venue need venue information on the publications. What you might see A \"No … to build\" dialog right after you plot a map, for example \"No citation to build\". Nothing was created, and the dialog explains why. If reference data can help, it offers Fetch reference data. \"Nothing to map\" on the stage, with the reason underneath (or \"Add more references to generate map\"). A banner over a map that has nodes but no links. It gives the reason and, when it can help, a Fetch reference data button. Click × to dismiss it. While a fetch runs it says \"Reference data is still being fetched — this map will have links once it finishes.\" \"Fetching reference data\" when you start a citation, co-citation or coupling map while a fetch is running, for example \"A citation map is built from reference data, which is still being fetched for this project. It will be available once the fetch finishes.\" Wait, then build again. In Expert Mode, the three reference-based types are greyed out during a fetch, with the note \"Citation, co-citation and bibliographic coupling need reference data, which is still being fetched.\" Fetch reference data Click Fetch reference data in the dialog or the banner. Watch the progress: \"Looking up publications\", \"Reading reference lists\", \"Fetching cited publications\" and \"Linking references\", each with a percentage. You can close the dialog; the fetch keeps running. When it finishes you see \"Linked N references across N publications.\" Click Build the map in the dialog. If you started from a banner on an existing map, plot that map again from the Query Bank or Expert Mode. The dialog explains: \"Reference lists aren't included when publications are imported from the catalog. Fetching them looks up what every publication cites — this" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/expert-mode", "title": "Expert Mode", "description": "Build a research map by hand in Expert Mode: choose the map type, unit, thresholds, clustering, layout, normalization and weights.", "keywords": [ "expert mode", "custom map settings", "clustering algorithm Leiden", "map thresholds", "counting method fractional", "unit of analysis", "node weight" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open Expert Mode", "Steps", "Advanced sections at a glance", "Corpus slice", "Expand corpus", "Type settings and thresholds", "Citation, Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling", "Co-authorship", "Keyword and Term Co-occurrence", "Clustering", "Layout", "Normalization", "Weights", "Duplicate warning", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do I need to change any advanced settings?", "Can I change settings after the map is built?", "What's the difference between Max nodes here and the Nodes threshold on the map?", "Why is Keyword Co-occurrence showing Term Co-occurrence Settings?", "Related" ], "text": "Expert Mode In short: Expert Mode is the manual way to create a map. Give it a Map Name, pick a Map Type, and click Plot Map. Sensible defaults are applied to everything else. Open the optional sections only when you need to fine-tune: corpus slice, corpus expansion, unit of analysis, thresholds, clustering, layout, normalization and weights. Each section has its own Reset to defaults. Open Expert Mode Use any of these: With a map open, click into the Map queries bar and click Expert Mode above the suggestions. In the Query Bank, click Expert Mode at the top right. On the Overview tab, click Plot New Map. Steps Open Expert Mode. The dialog says \"Configure and plot a new map without leaving the stage.\" Check the Map Name. It is filled in for you as \"Type Map — Project name\" and changes with the type until you edit it. Choose a Map Type: Citation, Co-citation, Co-authorship, Keyword Co-occurrence, Term Co-occurrence or Bibliographic Coupling. See Map types. Optional: click Add description and say what the map is for. Optional: open any advanced section below and change settings. Click Plot Map. The dialog closes and the map builds. See Building a map. Click Cancel to close without building. What you typed is kept for the next time you open Expert Mode. Advanced sections at a glance Section | Shown for | What it controls Corpus slice | All types | Which publications this one map uses. The corpus is not changed. Expand corpus | All types | Adds publications to the corpus permanently before you build. Type Settings | All types | Unit of analysis, counting method and type-specific options. Thresholds | All types | Minimums and caps on nodes and links. Clustering | All types | How clusters are detected. Layout | All types | How nodes are placed. Normalization | Keyword and Term Co-occurrence | How link strengths are scaled before layout. Weights | All types | What node size and edge thickness measure. Corpus slice Narrows the publications this map is built from, for example \"2018 onwards\" or reviews only. Use Describe the slice to type a sentence and click Turn into filters (an AI feature that uses credits), or Add a filter yourself. The count line shows \"Keeps N of M publications\". If it says \"No publication matches this slice.\", Plot Map stays disabled until you loosen a filter. Details: Corpus slices. Expand corpus Adds publications to the corpus for good, unlike a slice. Choose Re-run a previous search (tick the earlier searches to repeat) or New search, set How many to add, and click Re-run for N more or Search and add up to N. Plot Map waits until the run finishes; click Stop to end it early. Expansion uses your weekly credits. Details: Corpus expansion. Type settings and thresholds All threshold boxes start empty, which means SciNodes uses its own defaults. Co-authorship is the exception: Min publications starts at 3. Citation, Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling These types show Citation Settings, Co-citation Settings or Bibliographic" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/exporting-maps", "title": "Exporting maps", "description": "Export a research map as PNG, JPEG, WEBP, SVG or PDF for manuscripts and slides, with size, resolution up to 600 dpi, theme and transparent background.", "keywords": [ "export map", "download map image", "map as PNG", "map as SVG", "map as PDF", "high resolution figure", "300 dpi map" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Steps", "Options", "Which format should I use?", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I export the data behind a map?", "How do I get a 300 dpi figure?", "Can I export several maps at once?", "Who can see an exported image?", "Related" ], "text": "Exporting maps In short: Open the map and click Download at the top right of the map. In Research Map Snapshot, choose a Format (PNG, JPEG, WEBP, SVG or PDF), the Area (Whole diagram or Viewport), a Theme, the size and the Resolution (72 to 600 dpi), then click Export format. The file downloads to your computer. Steps Open the map in the Research Maps tab and style it the way you want. See Map controls and styling. Click Download at the top right of the map. Choose a Format. Choose an Area: Whole diagram for the entire map, or Viewport for exactly what's on screen. Choose a Theme: Dark or Light. Check the File name. Set Dimensions, Resolution and any format-specific options (see the table). Click Export PNG (or the format you chose). Options Option | Choices | Default | Notes Format | PNG, JPEG, WEBP, SVG, PDF | PNG | WEBP appears only if your browser can create it. Area | Whole diagram, Viewport | Whole diagram | Viewport captures the current view, including zoom. Theme | Dark, Light | Your current stage theme | Changes the background for the export only. File name | Any text | The map's name | The extension changes with the format (JPEG saves as .jpg). Dimensions | Width W and height H in pixels | Your map area's size | The lock button keeps the aspect ratio. It's on by default. Resolution | 72dpi, 96dpi, 150dpi, 300dpi, 600dpi | 96dpi | Not used for SVG or vector PDF. A line shows the final size, for example \"Output: 4444 × 3691 px\". Quality | 50–100% | 92% | JPEG and WEBP only. Type | Vector, Image | Vector | PDF only. Vector stays sharp at any zoom; Image embeds a picture. Orientation | Portrait, Landscape | Matches your map area's shape | PDF only. Border | Pixels | 0 | Adds a margin around the map. Transparent background | On or off | On | PNG, SVG and WEBP only. Other formats say, for example, \"JPEG has no transparency\". Which format should I use? Use | Format Journal figure or poster | PDF (Vector) or SVG, or PNG at 300 or 600 dpi Slides | PNG at 150 dpi, Light theme Web page or chat | WEBP or JPEG Editing in a design tool | SVG Tips What you see is what you export. Set thresholds, colors, labels and the timeline first. For print, switch Theme to Light and turn Transparent background off if your page background isn't white. Use Viewport to export a zoomed-in cluster as its own figure. Very large outputs show \"very large; it may be clamped to what your device can render.\" Lower the dimensions or resolution if the result looks cut down. Troubleshooting WEBP isn't in the list. Your browser can't create WEBP images. Use PNG or JPEG. Resolution is greyed out. It doesn't apply to SVG or to PDF with Vector type. Transparent background is greyed out. The format doesn't support transparency. Choose PNG, SVG or WEBP. The export looks cut down or blurry. The output was too large for your device. Reduce Dimensions or Resolution, or choose a vector format. Labels are missing. Check that labels are turned on under Labeling & length in Node Style, then" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/map-controls-and-styling", "title": "Map controls and styling", "description": "Zoom, rotate and recenter a research map, then style nodes, edges, clusters and the stage, set display thresholds and reset everything to defaults.", "keywords": [ "map zoom", "recenter map", "node size", "node shape", "edge color", "cluster color palette", "map dark theme", "hide isolated nodes", "map configuration" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Move around the map", "Open the configuration panel", "Node Config", "Node Style", "Edge Config", "Edge Style", "Cluster Style", "Map Style", "Thresholds", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do my style changes affect my collaborators?", "Can I undo a style change?", "Why do some edges disappear when I zoom out?", "Related" ], "text": "Map controls and styling In short: The stage controls sit in the left sidebar under the map list: Recenter, Zoom in (+), Zoom out (-), Flip, Rotate clockwise and Rotate anti-clockwise. To change how the map looks, click the Map configuration button (the last button at the bottom of the right-hand panel). It opens Node Config, Node Style, Edge Config, Edge Style, Cluster Style, Map Style and Thresholds. SciNodes remembers your choices for each map, and Reset all to defaults in Map Style undoes them. Move around the map Control | Where | What it does Recenter | Left sidebar | Fits the whole map back in view. Greyed out when it already fits. Zoom in (+) / Zoom out (-) | Left sidebar | Zooms. You can also press + or - when you aren't typing. Flip | Left sidebar | Mirrors the map. Rotate clockwise / Rotate anti-clockwise | Left sidebar | Turns the map in 45° steps. Mouse | Stage | Scroll to zoom. Drag empty space to move around. Drag a node to move it. Hide panel / Show panel | Edge of the right-hand panel | Collapses or reopens the panel. Widen panel makes it wider. The left sidebar also shows node, edge and cluster counts, the Delete map and Properties buttons, and the Composition list of clusters. See Reading a map and Map folders and properties. Open the configuration panel Open a map. Click the Map configuration button, the last button at the bottom of the right-hand panel (tooltip \"Show the map config\"). Click a section name to expand it. Click the button again to go back to the map overview, or click any node to see its details. Node Config Option | Default | What it does Weightage | Set when the map was built | Opens Node Weightage: search the measures, pick one and click Apply. The current one is marked Applied. See Node weightage metrics. Scale variance | Middle of the slider | How strongly the measure spreads node sizes apart. Locked when every node has the same value. Node Style Option | Default | What it does Shape | Button | Button, Point, Block, Square or Star. Block shows each node as a text card. Size | 1 | Overall node size. With Block it becomes Text size. Labeling & length | On, 100 characters per line, wrapping on | Turns labels on or off, sets characters per line before a label wraps (∞ means default width), and toggles wrapping. Flag labels | Off | Country maps only. Adds flags to country labels. X-Ray | Off | Makes nodes see-through so you can see what's underneath. Highlighted nodes stay solid. Edge Config Option | Default | What it does Adaptive density | On | When zoomed out, only the strongest links show (every node keeps its strongest). Zooming in reveals more. Off draws every link at every zoom. Initial edges | 1,000 for most maps | How many of the strongest links show at the opening view, from 100 to 100,000. Needs Adaptive density on. Reveal rate | 1.5 | How fast zooming in reveals more links, from 1.2 to 3. 2 keeps the on-screen density constant. Weightage | Set when the map was built | Opens Edge Weightage to pick" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/map-folders-and-properties", "title": "Map folders and properties", "description": "Organize research maps into folders, change folder icons, search and reorder maps, rename maps, edit Map Properties and delete maps or folders.", "keywords": [ "map folders", "organize maps", "rename map", "map properties", "delete map", "reorder maps", "search maps" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The maps gallery", "Create a folder", "Put maps in folders", "Folder menu", "Map card menu", "The map list in the left sidebar", "Map Properties", "Delete a map", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can collaborators see my folders?", "Does deleting a folder delete its maps?", "Can I change a map's type or settings after building it?", "Can I move a map to another project?", "Related" ], "text": "Map folders and properties In short: In the Research Maps gallery, click New Folder in the left sidebar, type a name and press Enter. Drag map cards onto the folder, or right-click a card and choose Move to. Right-click a folder to Rename folder, Change icon or Delete folder. To edit a map's name or description, open the map and click Properties in the left sidebar. To delete it, click Delete map there. The maps gallery Open the Research Maps tab to see the gallery. With a map open, click the Research Maps tab icon again to go back to the gallery. Map cards show a preview, the name, the type and unit (for example \"Co-authorship by Author\") and a Slice badge if the map uses a corpus slice. Point at the badge to see the filters. Badges also mark maps that are building, failed or unsaved. Folder tiles show the folder's icon, name and number of maps. Click one to open it. The path at the top (\"All maps / folder\") and the Back tile take you up again. Unsaved drafts sit in their own section at the top. See Drafts and saving maps. Search maps… appears when the project has more than 10 maps. It matches map names and map types. \"Looking for maps from another project?\" links to your projects list. Create a folder In the gallery, open the folder you want to create it in, or stay at All maps for the top level. Click New Folder in the left sidebar. Type a name and press Enter. Press Esc to cancel. The new folder shows \"Being created\" for a moment. Folders are shared with everyone in the project. Put maps in folders Drag a map card onto a folder tile, or onto a folder name in the path at the top. Or right-click a map card, click Move to, and pick a folder. Choose Unfile to take it out of all folders. Drag a folder onto another folder to nest it. Draft maps can't be filed until you save them. You can file only maps you created. To stop cards being dragged by accident, click the padlock at the bottom of the left sidebar (tooltip \"Lock maps so they can't be dragged between folders\"). Click it again to unlock. Folder menu Right-click a folder tile: Option | What it does Rename folder | Edit the name in place, then press Enter. Change icon | Type or paste any emoji, or pick a suggested one. Use the folder icon goes back to the default. Delete folder | Deletes the folder and its subfolders after you confirm. Maps inside are moved out (unfiled), not deleted. Map card menu Right-click a map card: Option | What it does Rename map | Edit the name in place, then press Enter. Save map | Keeps a draft. Shown for drafts only. Move to | Files the map in a folder, or Unfile removes it from folders. Delete map | Deletes the map after you confirm. A map still building says \"Still building — discard it from the map instead\". Discard all N drafts | Shown when you have more than 5 drafts. See Drafts and saving maps. The map list in the left sidebar With a map open, the left sidebar lists the project's maps. Click one to switch. Right-click a map for Rename, Save map, Move up and" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/map-types", "title": "Map types", "description": "The six SciNodes research map types (citation, co-citation, bibliographic coupling, co-authorship, keyword and term co-occurrence) and when to use each.", "keywords": [ "co-citation map", "bibliographic coupling", "citation network", "co-authorship network", "keyword co-occurrence", "term co-occurrence map", "bibliometric map types" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Which map answers my question?", "The six types", "Citation", "Co-citation", "Bibliographic Coupling", "Co-authorship", "Keyword Co-occurrence", "Term Co-occurrence", "What every map has in common", "FAQ", "What's the difference between co-citation and bibliographic coupling?", "Why is my citation map empty?", "Which map should I make first?", "Can I change a map's type after it's built?", "Related" ], "text": "Map types In short: SciNodes builds six kinds of research map from your corpus. Each one links items for a different reason. Citation, Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling maps use reference lists. Co-authorship maps use author lists. Keyword Co-occurrence and Term Co-occurrence maps use the words in your publications. Choose the type that matches your question, then choose a unit of analysis: publications, venues, authors, organizations, countries, keywords or terms. Which map answers my question? Your question | Map type | Unit What are the main topics and themes here? | Term Co-occurrence or Keyword Co-occurrence | Terms / Author Keywords Which publications form the intellectual foundations of this field? | Co-citation | Cited Publications Which schools of thought exist? | Co-citation | Cited Authors What are the current research fronts? | Bibliographic Coupling | Publications Who cites whom, and how does influence flow? | Citation | Publications or Authors Who works with whom? Which research groups exist? | Co-authorship | Authors Which institutions or countries collaborate? | Co-authorship | Organizations / Countries Which journals and conferences talk to each other? | Citation, Co-citation or Bibliographic Coupling | Venues / Cited Venues If you're not sure, ask a question instead. SciNodes recommends a map for it. See Create a map from a question. The six types Citation \"Map of direct citation links between entities.\" Two items are linked when one cites the other within your corpus. Use it to follow how ideas flow and to spot heavily cited hubs. Units: Publications, Venues, Authors, Organizations, Countries Edges are: citations Clusters are: Research Community (publications), Disciplinary Cluster (venues), Scholarly Network (authors), Institutional Network (organizations), Regional Cluster (countries) Needs reference data. See Empty maps and reference data. Co-citation \"Map of entities cited together by others.\" Two items are linked when publications in your corpus cite them together. The more often they're cited together, the stronger the link. The nodes are the publications, authors or venues your corpus cites, so they can include classics that aren't in your corpus. Use it to find a field's intellectual base and its schools of thought. Units: Cited Publications, Cited Venues, Cited Authors, Cited Organizations, Cited Countries Edges are: co-citations Clusters are: Intellectual Base, Field, School of Thought, Institutional Base, Regional Base Needs reference data. Bibliographic Coupling \"Map of entities sharing common cited publications.\" Two items are linked when they cite the same publications. Recent publications can be coupled straight away, without waiting to be cited, so this map shows research fronts: what people are working on now. Units: Publications, Venues, Authors, Organizations, Countries Edges are: shared cited publications Clusters are: Research Front, Field Front, Scholarly Front, Institutional Front, Regional Front" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/query-bank", "title": "Query Bank", "description": "Browse SciNodes' built-in catalog of research questions by category and turn any of them, or your own, into a research map.", "keywords": [ "query bank", "research question catalog", "research questions list", "map it", "example research questions", "plot a new map" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the Query Bank", "Map a question from the catalog", "Ask your own question", "Categories", "Switch to Expert Mode", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How many questions are in the catalog?", "Why does one question offer several maps?", "Can I map a question that isn't in the catalog?", "Does browsing the Query Bank cost credits?", "Related" ], "text": "Query Bank In short: The Query Bank is a browsable catalog of more than 100 research questions, grouped into categories such as Authors & Groups and Trends & Time. Click a question to see the maps that answer it, then click Explore with map. You can also type your own question at the bottom and click Map it. Open the Query Bank Use any of these: In the Research Maps gallery, click plot a new one at the bottom of the page. In the gallery, click New Map in the left sidebar. With a map open, click into the Map queries bar and click Query Bank above the suggestions. The dialog is titled Query Bank, with the line \"Pick a research question and we’ll map it — or ask your own below.\" Map a question from the catalog Open the Query Bank. Click a category along the top. Common is selected first. Scroll the list. Each row shows the question, the map types that can answer it, and how many ways there are to answer it (for example \"3 ways to answer\"). Click Show more at the end of the list to load more questions. It shows how many you've loaded, for example \"Show more (20 of 34)\". Click a question. The \"How do you want to answer this?\" dialog opens. Click Explore with map on the option you want. SciNodes builds the map and opens a chat about it. The options dialog works the same way as it does for the Map queries bar. See Create a map from a research question. Ask your own question Type in the box at the bottom (\"Ask your own research question…\"). You can use up to 300 characters. Click Map it. Choose an option in the dialog, or read the answer if SciNodes replies in chat instead. If you close the options dialog without choosing, your question waits in the Map queries bar the next time you open a map. Categories Category | Typical questions Common | A general mix, ranked for your project Authors & Groups | \"Who are the most influential authors in this area?\" Journals & Venues | \"Where should I publish this work?\" Topics & Vocabulary | \"What is the core vocabulary of this literature?\" Citations & Impact | \"Which publications are most cited in this literature?\" Structure & Clusters | \"Which sub-communities exist, and who bridges them?\" Trends & Time | \"Which topics are emerging rather than established?\" Institutions & Places | \"Which countries lead this research area?\" Gaps & Ideas | \"Where are the gaps and under-connected topics?\" A category with no questions yet may be hidden. Questions are ranked using your project's Current research focus, so the same category can look different in different projects. Switch to Expert Mode If you already know exactly which map you want, click Expert Mode at the top right of the Query Bank. See Expert Mode. Troubleshooting \"Loading questions…\" The list is loading. Wait a moment. \"No questions in this category yet.\" Pick another category. \"Couldn't reach the question catalog.\" Click Try again. If it keeps failing, type your question in the box at the bottom and click Map it. \"Ranking is off — these are samples, not matches.\"" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/reading-a-map", "title": "Reading a map", "description": "How to read a SciNodes research map: nodes, edges, clusters, node size metrics like degree and betweenness, and cluster cohesion and density.", "keywords": [ "how to read a bibliometric map", "node size meaning", "betweenness centrality", "eigenvector centrality", "cluster cohesion", "network density", "degree centrality" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The parts of a map", "The map overview panel", "Node weightage metrics", "Edge weightage", "Clusters", "Node and edge details", "Tips", "FAQ", "Why are all my nodes the same size?", "Are distances on the map meaningful?", "Why don't I see every label?", "What's the difference between degree and betweenness?", "Related" ], "text": "Reading a map In short: Each circle (node) is an item, such as a publication, author, venue or term. Lines (edges) link related items; thicker usually means a stronger link. Colors show clusters: groups of items more linked to each other than to the rest. Node size shows the measure picked under Node Config → Weightage, for example citation count or betweenness. Click anything to see its details in the side panel. The parts of a map You see | It means Node (circle) | One item. What it is depends on the map type and unit, for example a publication, an author or a term. The overview panel spells it out under Node is. Node size | The node weightage measure. See Node weightage metrics. If every node is the same size, the map is Unweighted. Edge (line) | A link between two items, for example a citation, a collaboration or a co-occurrence. See Edge is in the overview panel. Edge thickness | The edge weightage measure, or the link's strength when no measure is applied. Color | The cluster the node belongs to. Each map type names its clusters differently, for example \"Topic\", \"Research Group\" or \"School of Thought\". See Map types. Position | Strongly linked items are pulled close together, so neighbors usually belong together. The map's orientation has no meaning; you can flip and rotate it. Labels | Names of the nodes. When zoomed out, labels that would overlap are hidden; zoom in to see more. The map overview panel With nothing selected, the right-hand panel shows an overview of the map: The map name, its type and its unit. Tiles with the number of nodes, edges and clusters, and Avg. edges per node. Top nodes, with two tabs: one ranks by the node weightage measure (its tooltip reads, for example, \"Highest document frequency\") and Connections ranks by number of links. View chips when you've hidden part of the map, for example \"Top 500 terms\" or \"Up to 2015\". Details: Node is, Edge is, Cluster is, Density, Node weight, Edge weight and Created. Chat with this map, to ask a research assistant about it. The left sidebar also shows the node, edge and cluster counts under the map controls. It says \"NO EDGES\" if nothing is linked, and \"N of M labels\" when some labels are hidden to avoid overlap. Node weightage metrics Node size shows one measure at a time. Change it from Node Config → Weightage, or from Node weight in the overview panel. The options depend on the map type. See Map controls and styling. Metric (as labeled in SciNodes) | In plain language | Good for spotting Unweighted | Every node is the same size. | A neutral view of structure. Degree (links) / Co-occurrence degree | How many other nodes this one is directly linked to. | Well-connected items. Weighted degree (strength) | The total strength of all its links, so repeated connections count more. | Items with many strong ties. Betweenness centrality | How often the node sits on the shortest route between two other nodes. | Bridges and brokers that connect otherwise separate groups. Closeness" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/selecting-merging-excluding", "title": "Selecting, merging and excluding nodes", "description": "Click nodes and edges for details, select several, merge duplicate terms, exclude data points, see term definitions and add cited publications to your corpus.", "keywords": [ "select node on map", "merge nodes", "merge synonyms map", "exclude node", "remove node from map", "term definition", "add cited publications to corpus" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Select a node or edge", "What the details show", "Select several items", "See a term's definition", "Add cited or citing publications to your corpus", "Merge two nodes", "Exclude a node or edge", "Right-click menus", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does excluding a node delete publications?", "Can I merge authors or publications?", "Can collaborators exclude nodes on my map?", "How do I see all nodes in one cluster?", "Related" ], "text": "Selecting, merging and excluding nodes In short: Click a node or edge to see its details in the right-hand panel. Ctrl + Click (Cmd + Click on Mac) selects several. On keyword and term maps you can merge two nodes that mean the same thing: select one, click Merge at the bottom of the left sidebar, then click the other. To take a node or edge off a map, select it and click Delete, or right-click a node and choose Remove, then confirm Exclude. Use the Undo button in the left sidebar if you change your mind. Select a node or edge Open a map. Click a node or an edge. The right-hand panel shows its details. Click empty space on the map to go back to the map overview. The panel shows the item's type in brackets (for example \"[Author]\") and its name. For a publication node, click the name to open the project's Library in a new browser tab. Below that you'll find: RIF it: add it to Research in Formation. Save author or Save venue on author and venue nodes. See Saved authors and venues. Lists that depend on the map type, described below. Click any publication in a list to open its details. Write Note (or Open Note) and Chat about this item (or Continue chat) at the bottom. When a node is selected, the bottom of the left sidebar shows its cluster and three buttons: Highlight Cluster, Merge (keyword and term maps only) and Delete. What the details show Selected | Lists and figures Co-authorship node | Co-authors (or Co-authorships for organizations and countries), Publications Citation map, publication node | Cited publications, Cited by Citation map, author, venue, organization or country node | Citation links, Publications, Cited publications, Cited by Co-citation node | Cited by Bibliographic coupling node | Couplings Keyword or term node | Publications, Metrics, Definition Citation edge | Who cites whom, Citation gap, Shared cited publications, Co-citations Co-citation edge | Co-citing publications Bibliographic coupling edge | Shared cited publications Co-authorship edge | Shared publications Keyword or term edge | Publications, Co-occurrences, Mean Year On publication nodes, Cited publications and Cited by show two numbers: the total known in the catalog, and the number in your corpus beside it. Select several items Hold Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) and click nodes or edges. Click again to remove one. The panel shows \"[Selection] N selected\" with the list. Click Clear selection to finish. See a term's definition On keyword and term maps, select a node and expand Definition. A badge says In this project (the term is read in your project's sense) or General. If your explainer language isn't English, switch between EN and your language. Definitions are an AI feature and use your weekly credits. Set the language in Preferences. Add cited or citing publications to your corpus Publication nodes on Citation and Co-citation maps can pull missing publications into your corpus. Select a publication node. Expand Cited publications or Cited by. Click Add N cited" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/sharing-maps", "title": "Sharing maps", "description": "Sharing a single research map by invite or link is coming soon. Today, share the whole project with collaborators or export the map as a file.", "keywords": [ "share map", "share research map link", "invite to map", "map collaboration", "send map to colleague" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "How it will work", "Share a map today", "Option 1: share the project", "Option 2: export the map", "What collaborators can do with your maps today", "Privacy note", "FAQ", "Can I send someone a link to one map?", "Will people I share a project with see all my maps?", "Can a collaborator change my map?", "Related" ], "text": "Sharing maps [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: Sharing one map on its own is not available yet. When it launches, you will be able to invite people to a map by email with View or Edit access, or copy a share link. Until then, share the whole project from Project Settings → Collaborators, or export the map as an image or PDF. How it will work When map sharing launches, the Share button opens Share Research Map, where you will be able to: Invite by email: enter an email address, choose View or Edit, and click Invite. Share link: copy a link to the map with Copy. You may already see the Share button in the project header and at the top right of an open map. Map sharing isn't available yet, so invitations and links from that dialog don't work. Share a map today Option 1: share the project Everyone you add to a project can open its saved maps. Open the project and click the gear icon to open Project Settings. Go to Collaborators. Type the person's email in \"Invite by email...\", choose Viewer or Editor, and send the invite. Save any draft maps you want them to see. Drafts are private to you. See Drafts and saving maps. Only the project owner can invite people, and they need a SciNodes account. Details: Collaboration. Option 2: export the map Open the map and click Download at the top right. Choose PNG, SVG or PDF and click Export. Send the file, or add it to your slides or manuscript. Details: Exporting maps. What collaborators can do with your maps today Action | Who can do it Open and explore a saved map | Every project member See your draft maps | Only you Save, rename, move into folders, exclude or merge nodes, or delete a map | Only the person who made the map Privacy note SciNodes saves small preview images of your maps for the gallery. Anyone who has the web address of a preview image can open it. See Privacy and your data. FAQ Can I send someone a link to one map? Not yet. Share the project, or export the map and send the file. Will people I share a project with see all my maps? They see the project's saved maps. Your drafts stay private until you save them. Can a collaborator change my map? No. Only the person who made a map can rename, save, delete it or exclude and merge nodes. Collaborators can explore it and build their own maps. Related Collaboration Exporting maps Drafts and saving maps Work with your team" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/maps/timeline-mode", "title": "Timeline mode and hover effect", "description": "Use the timeline slider to see how a research map grew year by year, and turn the hover effect on or off to highlight a node's neighbors.", "keywords": [ "map timeline", "emerging topics over time", "map by year", "research evolution", "year slider", "hover highlight neighbors" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Turn on the timeline", "How the timeline decides what to show", "Messages you may see", "Hover effect", "Tips", "FAQ", "Why does the slider start at the latest year?", "Why don't node sizes change on my citation map?", "Why did a term disappear when I moved the slider back?", "Does the timeline change my map?", "Related" ], "text": "Timeline mode and hover effect In short: Click the Timeline button (clock icon) at the bottom of the right-hand panel. A year slider appears at the bottom of the map. Drag it back to see the map as it stood in an earlier year; drag it to the latest year to see the whole map again. On keyword and term maps, terms appear from the year they were first used. On other maps, items appear by the average year of their publications. The Hover effect button next to it highlights a node's neighbors when you point at it. Turn on the timeline Open a map in the Research Maps tab. At the bottom of the right-hand panel, click the clock button (tooltip \"Timeline off (click to enable)\"). Wait if you see \"Reading publication years…\". Keyword and term maps load their year-by-year data the first time. Drag the slider at the bottom of the map. The earliest year is on the left, and the selected year is shown on the right. To turn it off, click the clock button again (\"Timeline on (click to disable)\"). While the slider is before the latest year, the map overview panel shows an \"Up to year\" chip under View. How the timeline decides what to show Map type | What the slider does Keyword Co-occurrence and Term Co-occurrence | Shows the map as it stood in the selected year. Terms appear from the year they first appeared, are sized by their count up to that year, and link only once they have shared a publication. Betweenness, closeness and eigenvector centrality stay at their whole-corpus values. All other types | Shows items whose average (mean) publication year is at or before the selected year. Items with no year always show. On keyword and term maps the slider runs from the earliest to the latest publication year in the corpus. On other maps it runs from the earliest to the latest average year, and stretches to the current year if the latest is a few years back. Display thresholds are applied after the timeline. With a Nodes limit of 100, the 1995 view shows the top 100 terms of 1995, not today's top 100 with later ones hidden. Messages you may see Message | Meaning \"Reading publication years…\" | SciNodes is loading each term's years. \"All items are from year\" | Everything on the map has the same year, so there's no slider. \"mean year\" next to the slider | This keyword or term map is using average years instead of first appearance, because the map is too large for a year-by-year view, no publication carries a year, or the data couldn't load. Point at the slider bar to see which. Hover effect The Hover effect button sits next to the clock button. It is on by default. On (tooltip \"Hover effect on (click to disable)\"): pointing at a node highlights it and the nodes it links to. Pointing at an edge highlights its two ends. Off (\"Hover effect off (click to enable)\"): nothing changes as you move the pointer. Useful when presenting or taking screenshots. Clicking still selects nodes and edges either way. See Selecting, merging and excluding. Tips To spot emerging themes, open a" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/notes/", "title": "Notes", "description": "Write and organize Markdown notes in a SciNodes project: sticky notes and graph views, folders, colors, what each note is attached to, and who sees it.", "keywords": [ "project notes", "research notes", "sticky notes view", "note folders", "notes graph", "note colors" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the Notes tab", "Create a note", "Sticky notes and Graph views", "Search notes", "Organize notes in folders", "See what a note is attached to", "Note colors", "Delete a note", "Download a note", "Who can see your notes", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can my collaborators read my notes?", "Where are my PDF highlights?", "Can I download all my notes at once?", "Does the research assistant read my notes?", "Related" ], "text": "Notes In short: The Notes tab holds your project's Markdown notes. See them as Sticky notes, one folder at a time, or as a Graph of the whole note tree. Notes you write from a map, a publication or a chat stay attached to it, and PDF highlights and comments become notes automatically. Your notes are private to you by default, even in a shared project. Open the Notes tab Open a project and click the Notes tab. It's the notes icon near the right end of the tab bar. Create a note In the Notes tab, click New Note in the left sidebar. In an empty project, click the New Note tile. Type a title over \"Untitled Note\". Write the note. It saves automatically, and the header shows \"Edited time\". Other ways to create a note: From | Click | The note is attached to A publication in the Library | Write note | The publication A selected node, edge or cluster on a map | Write Note | That map element A PDF | Highlight or Comment | The publication The Overview tab | New Note | Nothing Quick Notes | Move to a project | Nothing When an item already has a note, the button changes to Open Note (or Open note). For writing and formatting, see Note editor. Sticky notes and Graph views Switch views with the two buttons next to \"Search notes…\". View | What it shows Sticky notes | The notes and folders in the current folder as post-its. The path above them starts at All notes; click a part of the path to go back up. Graph | The whole note tree at once: the project in the center, folders on the inner rings and notes on the outside. A legend shows Note, Comment, Highlight and Folder. Click a note to open it. Search notes Type in \"Search notes…\". The search looks through every folder at once. If nothing matches, you see \"No notes match \"text\"\". Organize notes in folders Create a folder: click New Folder in the left sidebar. It's created in the folder you have open (\"New Folder in name\" or \"New Folder at the top level\"). Folder actions: right-click a folder on the board for Rename folder, Change icon, Move to and Delete folder. In the sidebar, the ⋯ button (Folder actions) offers Rename, New subfolder and Delete. Move a note: right-click its post-it or use its ⋯ button (Note actions), choose Move to, then pick a folder, or Unfile to move it to the top level. Drag and drop: drag post-its or sidebar rows onto a folder or a part of the path. If dragging doesn't work, click the padlock at the bottom of the sidebar to unlock notes. Deleting a folder also deletes its subfolders. Notes inside are moved out (unfiled), not deleted. This can't be undone. See what a note is attached to Open a note and click Sources in its header. The bar shows the map, node, edge, cluster or publication the note belongs to, and any chats linked to it. Click one to go there. Note colors In the Notes tab, click Note colors at the bottom of the left sidebar. Choose a color for each kind of note: Notes (\"Hand-written notes\"), Comments (\"From PDF comments\") and Highlights (\"From PDF highlights\"). Click Save. By" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/notes/note-editor", "title": "Note editor", "description": "Write notes in Markdown: switch between Editor and MD views, use the Format bar, check grammar with AI, indent lists and download a .md file.", "keywords": [ "Markdown notes", "note formatting toolbar", "grammar check notes", "edit raw Markdown", "download note as Markdown", "indent list" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Write a note", "Editor and MD views", "The Format bar", "Indent and outdent", "Check grammar", "Undo and redo", "Download as Markdown", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Do I need to know Markdown?", "Can I edit a note written by someone else?", "Does grammar checking change my note without asking?", "Can I open the downloaded note in Word?", "Related" ], "text": "Note editor In short: SciNodes notes are Markdown. Write in the Editor view with formatting buttons, or switch to MD to edit the raw Markdown. Click Format to show the formatting bar, use Grammar to have AI suggest corrections, and click Download as Markdown to save a .md file. Notes save automatically. The same editor is used for project notes, quick notes and Working Notes in Research in Formation. Write a note Open a note, or create one with New Note in the Notes tab. Click the title (placeholder \"Untitled Note\") and type a name. The \".md\" after it is a reminder that the note is a Markdown file. Click in the body (\"Start writing…\") and type. SciNodes saves as you type. The header shows \"Edited time\". Editor and MD views Switch with the Editor / MD buttons in the note's header. View | What you see | Best for Editor | Formatted text, like a word processor | Everyday writing with the Format bar MD | The raw Markdown (\"Markdown source…\") | Pasting Markdown, fixing formatting by hand The Format bar In the Editor view, click Format to show or hide the bar. Select text first, or place the cursor where you want to start. Button | Does H1, H2, H3 | Heading 1, 2 or 3 B | Bold i | Italic U | Underline S | Strikethrough X² | Superscript X₂ | Subscript Code icon | Inline code List icons | Bulleted list, Numbered list Quote icon | Blockquote Code block icon | Code block Link icon | Link The Sources bar and the Format bar share the same strip, so opening one closes the other. Indent and outdent Press Tab to indent and Shift + Tab to outdent. Inside a list, this nests or un-nests the list item. Elsewhere, Tab inserts spaces. Tab doesn't move you out of the editor. Check grammar In the Editor view, click Format. Click Grammar. It shows \"Checking…\" while it works. Suggestions are underlined in your note, and the bar says \"N suggestions — select underlined text to review.\" Click an underlined phrase. A box shows the original, the suggested replacement and an explanation. Click Accept or Reject. Click Accept all to take every remaining suggestion. To check and apply every suggestion in one go, click Auto-accept (\"Check grammar and accept every suggestion\") instead of Grammar. Grammar checking is an AI feature and uses your weekly credits. It checks notes up to 12,000 characters. Undo and redo In the Notes tab, the undo and redo buttons in the header step back and forward through your edits to the open note. When there's nothing to step back to, the tooltip says \"Nothing to undo in this note\". Download as Markdown Click Download as Markdown (the download icon in the header) to save the open note as a .md file. Troubleshooting \"Write something first to check its grammar.\" The note is empty. Add text and try again. \"Check a shorter note (up to 12,000 characters).\" Split the note, or check one part at a time. \"No grammar changes suggested.\" The checker found nothing to fix. \"Suggestions could not be placed within this note’s formatting.\" The checker had suggestions" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/notes/quick-notes", "title": "Quick notes", "description": "Jot down Markdown notes that don't belong to a project yet, find them in Quick Notes, and move a note into a project when it's ready.", "keywords": [ "quick note", "note without project", "scratch notes", "move note to project", "quick notes list" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Write a quick note", "See all your quick notes", "Move a quick note into a project", "Delete a quick note", "Quick notes compared with project notes", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can collaborators see my quick notes?", "Can I move a quick note back out of a project?", "Can I undo deleting a quick note?", "Related" ], "text": "Quick notes In short: Quick notes are Markdown notes that don't belong to any project. Click Quick Note in the left sidebar to start one. To see them all, click the arrow next to it and choose View Quick Notes. When a note belongs somewhere, use Move to a project. Write a quick note Click Quick Note in the left sidebar. The Quick Note page opens. Type a title in the header over \"Untitled Note\". Write in the editor. Use Format, Editor and MD as in any note. See Note editor. The note saves automatically. The header shows \"Edited time\". Optional: click Download as Markdown in the header to save a .md file. See all your quick notes Click the arrow next to Quick Note in the left sidebar (Note options). Click View Quick Notes. From an open quick note you can also click View all quick notes in the header. The list shows each note's name and when it was last edited. Click a note to open it. To start another note, click + (New quick note) next to Quick Notes in the header. Move a quick note into a project In the Quick Notes list, click the move icon (Move to a project) on the note's row. Pick a project. \"It leaves Quick Notes and lives under that project.\" You see \"Note moved to the project.\" The note now appears in that project's Notes tab, at the top level. It stays private to you. Legacy (archived) projects aren't offered. Click Cancel to close the project list without moving. Delete a quick note In the Quick Notes list, click the bin icon (Delete note) on the note's row. The note is deleted right away, with no confirmation step. Quick notes compared with project notes | Quick note | Project note Belongs to a project | No | Yes Folders, colors, Graph view | No | Yes Attached to a publication or map element | No | Can be Read by the research assistant | No | Yes, in chats about what it's attached to Editor, Format bar, Download as Markdown | Yes | Yes Tips Use quick notes for ideas you have before a project exists, then move them in. Quick notes keep the default note color. Project color settings don't apply to them. Troubleshooting \"No projects to move it to yet.\" You have no active projects. Create a project, then move the note. \"No quick notes yet.\" You haven't written any. Click Quick Note to start. \"Could not reach the server.\" Check your connection and try again. I don't see Quick Note in the sidebar. On your first visit, before you have any projects, the sidebar shows fewer links. Create a project and it appears. FAQ Can collaborators see my quick notes? No. Quick notes are private. After you move one into a shared project, it stays private to you. Can I move a quick note back out of a project? No. Once it's in a project, it's managed in that project's Notes tab. Can I undo deleting a quick note? No. Deleting from the Quick Notes list is immediate. Download a copy first if you might need it. Related Notes Note editor Quick Chat Interface tour" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/pdfs/fetching-and-uploading-pdfs", "title": "Fetching and uploading PDFs", "description": "Get the full text of a publication into SciNodes: fetch an open-access PDF, upload your own copy, or replace and remove a PDF.", "keywords": [ "fetch open access PDF", "upload PDF to publication", "PDF unavailable", "replace PDF", "remove uploaded PDF", "PDF size limit" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Which button you see", "Fetch an open-access PDF", "Upload your own PDF", "Replace or remove a PDF", "Shared copies and private uploads", "Limits", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does SciNodes fetch PDFs automatically?", "Can my collaborators read the PDF I uploaded?", "What happens if a fetch fails?", "Does a PDF help the research assistant?", "Related" ], "text": "Fetching and uploading PDFs In short: Each publication shows one PDF action. View PDF means SciNodes holds a copy. Fetch PDF means an open-access copy can be found; click it and SciNodes fetches it in the background. Upload PDF means there's no copy to fetch, so add your own (PDF only, up to 64 MB). Fetched copies are shared open-access files; your uploads stay private to you. Which button you see Button | What it means | What to do View PDF | A copy is stored: a shared open-access copy, or your own upload | Click to read it. See PDF viewer. Fetch PDF | SciNodes can look for an open-access copy | Click to fetch it Fetching… | A fetch is running | Keep working. You'll be told when it ends. Upload PDF | No copy is stored and none can be fetched | Upload your own copy You find these buttons in the publication's details in the Library, in its ⋯ menu, in a publication window on a map, and on the publication's row in a chat's About panel. Fetch an open-access PDF In the Library, click a publication to open its details. Click Fetch PDF (\"Fetch the open-access PDF for this publication\"). You can also use the ⋯ menu → Fetch PDF. The button changes to Fetching…. You can keep working or leave the page; the fetch keeps running. When it succeeds, you see \"PDF fetched.\" and the button becomes View PDF. If the fetch fails, a notification says \"PDF unavailable — We couldn't retrieve the PDF for \"title\". You can upload your own copy.\" The button changes to Upload PDF. SciNodes fetches a PDF only when you click Fetch PDF. A fetch may use some of your weekly credits; it's listed as \"PDF locating\" on the Usage limits page. Upload your own PDF In the Library, click a publication to open its details. Click Upload PDF. If the button says Fetch PDF, click the arrow next to it (More PDF options) and choose Upload PDF. You can also use the ⋯ menu → Upload PDF. Choose a PDF file on your computer. When it's stored, you see \"PDF uploaded.\" and the button becomes View PDF. Replace or remove a PDF Replace: open the publication's ⋯ menu → Replace PDF and choose a new file. The new file becomes your copy. Remove your upload: open the ⋯ menu → Remove PDF, then click Remove in the \"Remove your uploaded PDF?\" dialog. This option appears only for your own uploads. Removing your upload doesn't affect the publication, and you can upload again at any time. If a shared copy of the publication exists, it stays available. Shared copies and private uploads Copy | Who can read it Fetched by SciNodes | Everyone who has the publication. These are open-access files, stored once and shared. Uploaded by you | Only you. Collaborators on your project don't see your upload, and only your chats read it. Limits Limit | Value File type | PDF only File size | 64 MB By default, fetching or uploading a PDF also files the publication in My references. You can change this under User Preferences. See Folders. Troubleshooting \"That file is not a PDF.\" Choose a file ending in .pdf. \"That file is empty.\" The" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/pdfs/highlights-and-comments", "title": "Highlights and comments", "description": "Highlight and comment on PDF text in SciNodes, choose colors, send passages to Research in Formation, and find them saved as project notes.", "keywords": [ "highlight PDF", "annotate PDF", "comment on PDF", "PDF highlight colors", "highlights saved as notes", "RIF it" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Highlight text", "Comment on text", "Send a passage to Research in Formation", "Change a color or remove an annotation", "Where your annotations are saved", "Download with your annotations", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Where do my highlights go?", "Can my collaborators see my highlights?", "Does removing a highlight delete its note?", "Can I highlight a scanned PDF?", "Related" ], "text": "Highlights and comments In short: In the PDF viewer, select text, then click Highlight, Comment or RIF it. Choose from five highlight colors. Each highlight and comment is saved automatically as a note in the project, titled \"Highlight (p. N) — Title\" or \"Comment (p. N) — Title\". Before you start Open a publication's PDF from the Library with View PDF. See PDF viewer. Highlight text Select text on a page by dragging over it. In the small menu that appears, optionally pick a color: Orange (the default), Yellow, Green, Blue or Pink. Click Highlight. Comment on text Select text on a page. Optionally pick a color. Click Comment. Type your comment in \"Add a comment…\". Click Save, or Cancel to discard it. Send a passage to Research in Formation Select text on a page. Click RIF it (\"Save to Research in Formation\"). The Add to Research in Formation dialog opens with the quoted text and page number. Add it to an existing research object, or create a new one. The passage becomes evidence with the origin \"PDF reader\". See Research in Formation. Change a color or remove an annotation Right-click a highlight on the page, or right-click its entry in the Annotations panel. Click a color to change it, or click Erase (for a highlight) or Delete (for a comment). Removing a highlight or comment also deletes the note it created. Where your annotations are saved Each highlight and comment becomes a note attached to the publication. You make | Note title | Note text A highlight | \"Highlight (p. N) — Title\" | The quoted text, then the publication title and page A comment | \"Comment (p. N) — Title\" | The quoted text, your comment, then the publication title and page You find these notes: In the Notes tab, where highlights are orange and comments green by default. See Notes. In the PDF viewer's Annotations panel, with page numbers. Click an entry to jump to it. In any chat about the publication. The assistant reads your newest 25 notes on it. See Attachments and what the assistant sees. Deleting one of these notes in the Notes tab also removes its highlight from the PDF. The colored marks on the PDF page are stored in your current browser. The notes are saved to the project. In another browser or on another device you still see the notes, but the marks don't appear on the page. Clearing your browser's site data removes the marks, not the notes. Download with your annotations Click the download button in the viewer's toolbar. When a PDF has annotations, the download includes your highlights on every page and a summary page of all quotes and comments. See PDF viewer. Tips Select text within one page. For a passage that runs onto the next page, highlight each part. Use colors for your own system, for example yellow for methods and green for findings. Colors are for you; they don't change how notes are filed. To recolor the notes themselves, use Note colors in the Notes tab. Troubleshooting The Highlight menu doesn't appear. Make sure you dragged over text. A scanned PDF" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/pdfs/pdf-viewer", "title": "PDF viewer", "description": "Read a publication's PDF inside SciNodes: page through, zoom, download it with your highlights, open the original and see your annotations.", "keywords": [ "read PDF in SciNodes", "PDF viewer", "download PDF with annotations", "open original publication", "zoom PDF", "annotations panel" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Open a PDF", "Toolbar", "The side panel", "Download a PDF", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why can't I select text in the PDF I downloaded?", "Can I highlight a PDF opened from a map?", "Does SciNodes change the PDF file?", "Is there a print button?", "Related" ], "text": "PDF viewer In short: Click View PDF on a publication in the Library to read its PDF inside SciNodes. The toolbar has page navigation, zoom, Fit width, a download button and Open original. A side panel lists your highlights and comments, and a Publication tab keeps the publication's details, note and chat beside the PDF. Before you start The publication needs a PDF. If you see Fetch PDF or Upload PDF instead of View PDF, get a copy first. See Fetching and uploading PDFs. Open a PDF Open the Library tab of your project. Click a publication to open its details. Click View PDF. You can also open the publication's ⋯ menu and choose View PDF. \"Preparing PDF…\" shows briefly, then the PDF opens in the Library. To return to your list, click the back arrow (Back to publications) at the top left. On a map, a publication window also has View PDF. There it opens the PDF in a new browser tab. To highlight and comment, open the PDF from the Library. Toolbar Control | What it does Back arrow (Back to publications) | Closes the viewer and returns to the Library list Title | The publication's title Previous page / Next page | Moves one page. The readout shows the current page and the last page, for example \"3 / 12\". Zoom out / Zoom in | Changes the zoom. The readout shows the percentage. Fit width | Fits the page to the width of the viewer Download (Download PDF) | Downloads the PDF. With annotations, the tooltip says Download PDF with annotations. Open original | Opens the publication's original online version in a new browser tab, when SciNodes knows where it is Annotations | Shows or hides the side panel. A badge shows how many annotations you have. When SmarterPDF launches, a SmarterPDF button will appear in the toolbar (coming soon). See SmarterPDF. The side panel The side panel opens on the right. Collapse or expand it with the arrow handle on its edge. Annotations lists every highlight and comment in this PDF: the quoted text, your comment, and \"Page N · Highlight\" or \"Page N · Comment\". Click an entry to jump to its page. Right-click an entry to change its color or remove it. Publication shows the same panel as the Library's publication details: metadata, the note editor and the chat about this publication. A note or chat you're writing stays put when you switch tabs. The panel reminds you: \"Highlights and comments are saved to this project's notes automatically.\" To make them, see Highlights and comments. Download a PDF Click the download button in the toolbar. The file saves with a readable file name. What you get depends on whether you've annotated the PDF: Your PDF has | Download contains No highlights or comments | The original PDF file, unchanged Highlights or comments | A new PDF: every page with your highlights painted on, plus a final \"Annotations\" page listing each quote and comment The annotated download stores each page as an image, so its text can't be selected or searched. If SciNodes can't build the annotated version, it downloads the" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/pdfs/smarterpdf", "title": "SmarterPDF", "description": "SmarterPDF will turn a publication's PDF into clean, page-by-page text and tables for reading, annotating and chatting. Coming soon.", "keywords": [ "SmarterPDF", "PDF to text", "PDF tables extraction", "read PDF as text", "clean PDF text for AI chat" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "How it will work", "Annotations in both views", "SmarterPDF in chats", "Limits", "If conversion fails", "FAQ", "When will SmarterPDF be available?", "Will SmarterPDF change my PDF?", "Will my existing highlights still work?", "Why won't my PDF convert?", "Related" ], "text": "SmarterPDF [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: When it launches, SmarterPDF will convert a publication's PDF, page by page, into clean text and tables that you can read in the PDF viewer. You'll switch to it with a SmarterPDF button in the viewer's toolbar. The research assistant will read the SmarterPDF version instead of the PDF's plain text and cite page numbers from it. How it will work When a PDF is fetched or uploaded, SciNodes will convert it in the background. PDFs that are already stored will convert the first time you open them or chat about them. Open the PDF with View PDF. While conversion runs, the SmarterPDF button will show a spinner and the tooltip \"Converting to SmarterPDF…\". When it's done, you'll see \"SmarterPDF ready.\" Click SmarterPDF (\"Read as SmarterPDF (text and tables; figures are not included)\") to read the converted text. Your place in the PDF will be kept. Click SmarterPDF again (\"Back to the PDF pages\") to return to the original pages. Zoom will work in both views. A page with no text will show \"No text on this page.\" Annotations in both views Highlight, Comment and RIF it will work in the SmarterPDF view just as they do on PDF pages. A highlight made in one view will also appear in the other. If SciNodes can't find a passage in the other view, it will still be listed in the Annotations panel, with the tooltip \"Could not locate this passage on the page\". Note titles will stay the same: \"Highlight (p. N) — Title\". SmarterPDF in chats Chats will read the SmarterPDF version of a publication's full text, including its tables, and cite its page numbers. A chat's About panel will show \"SmarterPDF in view\" for that publication. Chats that already include the publication will switch over on their next message. You won't need to do anything. A side-panel chat will tell you up front, for example: \"I can see its abstract, and I will read the SmarterPDF (its text and tables) when you send a message.\" Limits Limit | Details Text and tables only | Headings aren't kept, and figures aren't included No OCR | Scanned PDFs without a text layer can't be converted. Retry won't help. Publication PDFs only | Files attached to a chat won't be converted Large PDFs | A very large PDF may fail to convert Converted text will follow the same privacy rules as the PDF. SmarterPDF of your private upload will be available only to you. If conversion fails The SmarterPDF button will stay disabled, and its tooltip will say \"SmarterPDF could not be made for this PDF: reason\". Reason | What it means | Retry? \"no extractable text (scanned?)\" | The PDF is a scanned image | No. Upload a PDF with selectable text. \"the PDF is too large\" | The file is too big to convert | No \"the stored file is not a PDF\" | The stored file isn't a valid PDF | No. Replace the PDF. \"conversion failed\" | Something went wrong while converting | Yes, when a Retry button appears \"the stored file changed while it was" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/creating-projects", "title": "Creating projects", "description": "Every option in the SciNodes New Project form: title, research focus, description, and the five ways to gather your first publications.", "keywords": [ "create project", "new project", "SciNodes new project", "suggest publications", "discover with SciVerse", "import RIS BibTeX", "research focus" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Steps", "Research focus options", "Choose how to gather publications", "Suggest publications for me", "Discover with SciVerse", "Build on my existing library", "Import from another project", "Start empty", "Button labels and limits", "Leaving while the project builds", "What happens next", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Which option should I choose?", "Can I add more publications after creating the project?", "Can I invite collaborators while creating the project?", "Why did my new project open on Overview instead of a map?", "Related" ], "text": "Creating projects In short: Click + New Project in My Projects, type a Project title of at least 4 characters, pick up to 3 research focus areas, then choose how to gather publications: Suggest publications for me, Discover with SciVerse, Build on my existing library, Import from another project, or start empty. Click the button at the bottom to create the project. SciNodes opens it on Research Maps and builds the Initial Map automatically. Before you start AI features in the form (Suggest, Discover search planning, Tidy up my wording, Describe the slice) use your weekly AI credits. See Credits and usage. Have your files ready if you're bringing your own library. See Uploading files. Steps In the sidebar, click My Projects, then + New Project. The header changes to \"New Project\". If you have no projects yet, the form is already open. Click the Project title field and type a title. It starts as \"Untitled project\", which is kept if you don't change it. You need at least 4 characters before you can choose how to gather publications. Under Current research focus, click up to 3 focus areas, or click + Other to type your own. Optional: click Add a description and describe the project. Click Tidy up my wording to have AI fix terminology, spelling and grammar. Click Undo to get your own words back. Optional: open Collaboration. The Assign to a Lab and Invite collaborators fields are placeholders for now (coming soon). To share a project, use Project Settings → Collaborators after it's created. See Collaboration. Under \"Let's gather your publications\", choose an option (details below). Click the button at the bottom. Its label depends on the option you chose. Research focus options Ideation, Literature Review, Data Collection, Experiment Design, Analysis, Modeling, Writing Up, Peer Review, Revision, Dissemination, Grant Writing, Replication, or your own with + Other. The hint under the chips says \"Pick up to 3.\" and then \"N of 3 selected.\" You can change the focus later in Project settings. Choose how to gather publications Suggest publications for me \"Let SciNodes AI propose a starting set from your topic.\" Best when you're new to a field. Click Suggest publications for me. Under \"What's this project about?\", describe your research focus in at least two words. Your description is filled in if you wrote one. Click Add Suggested Publications and Create Project. \"Searching for:\" shows the searches SciNodes AI planned. The progress steps read \"Planning searches from your focus\", \"Searching the catalog with each\" and \"Merging the best of each\". A preview shows the top results with Open access, Median citations and Published figures. SciNodes adds the merged set, up to 800 publications, and opens the project. To change your focus while the search runs, click Stop search (or Stop and edit search at the bottom of the page). Discover with SciVerse \"Search the SciVerse catalog and pull publications straight in.\" Best when you know your search terms. Click Discover" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/legacy-projects", "title": "Legacy projects", "description": "Archive a SciNodes project as legacy to move it out of your active workspace, and restore it to active when you need it again.", "keywords": [ "archive project", "legacy project", "restore project", "inactive project", "active project quota", "SciNodes archive" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Mark a project as legacy", "Find your legacy projects", "What you can do with a legacy project", "Restore a project", "Legacy compared with deleting", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does marking a project as legacy delete anything?", "Why would I archive a project?", "Can I still see a legacy project's maps or notes?", "Can a collaborator archive or restore my project?", "Related" ], "text": "Legacy projects In short: Marking a project as legacy archives it. It leaves your active projects, its corpus, maps and notes can't be opened until you restore it, and it stops counting against your active-project quota. Nothing is deleted. To archive, open Project Settings → Lifecycle → Mark as legacy. To bring it back, click Restore to active in the same place. Only the project owner can do either. Mark a project as legacy Open the project and click the Overview tab. Click the gear icon next to the project name to open Project Settings. Under Lifecycle, click Mark as legacy. In \"Mark project as legacy?\", click Mark as legacy. \"Archived \"project name\" as legacy.\" confirms it. The project now appears under Legacy in the sidebar. Find your legacy projects Click Legacy in the sidebar to open Legacy Projects. The link only appears once you have at least one legacy project. Legacy project cards carry a Legacy badge and a Restore to access link instead of the usual shortcuts. + New Project is hidden on this page. What you can do with a legacy project Clicking a legacy project opens its Project Settings, not its tabs. The header shows \"Legacy — restore to edit\" instead of the tab bar. The corpus, maps, notes and chats are kept but can't be opened until you restore the project. Restore a project Click Legacy in the sidebar. Click Restore to access on the project's card. Project Settings opens. Under Lifecycle, click Restore to active. \"Restored \"project name\" to active projects.\" confirms it. If restoring takes a moment, you see \"Restoration of \"project name\" is in progress.\" The project returns to My Projects with all its content. Legacy compared with deleting | Mark as legacy | Delete project Where it goes | Legacy list | Bin Content kept | Yes, all of it | Yes, until removed from the Bin Can you open it? | Only its settings | No How to undo | Restore to active | Restore in the Bin See Recycle bin. Troubleshooting \"Only the project owner can archive it.\" You're an Editor or Viewer. Ask the owner. \"Only the project owner can restore it.\" Same: ask the owner. \"This project is already archived.\" It's already in Legacy. \"This project is not archived.\" It's already active. Look for it in My Projects. I can't see a Legacy link in the sidebar. You have no legacy projects. FAQ Does marking a project as legacy delete anything? No. Everything is kept. It just can't be opened until you restore it. Why would I archive a project? To tidy finished projects out of your active workspace and free a place in your active-project quota, without losing anything. Can I still see a legacy project's maps or notes? Not while it's archived. Restore it to active first. Can a collaborator archive or restore my project? No. Only the owner can. Related Project settings Recycle bin Project gallery" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/project-gallery", "title": "Project gallery", "description": "Find, search, sort and open your SciNodes projects in My Projects, Shared and Legacy, and use the shortcuts on each project card.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes projects list", "my projects", "shared projects", "find a project", "search projects", "project card" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The three lists", "Find a project", "Sort and change the view", "What's on a project card", "Create a project", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why doesn't the corpus number on a card match my Library?", "Where is a project someone shared with me?", "How do I rename a project from the gallery?", "Can I sort by creation date?", "Related" ], "text": "Project gallery In short: Your projects are listed in three places in the sidebar: My Projects (projects you own), Shared (projects others shared with you) and Legacy (projects you archived). Use \"Search projects...\" to find one, sort by Updated or Name, and switch between Grid view and List view. Click a card to open the project, or use its shortcuts to jump straight to its library, maps, notes or chats. The three lists Sidebar link | Page title | What's in it My Projects | My Projects | Projects you created. + New Project is here. Shared | Shared Projects | Projects other people invited you to. See Collaboration. Legacy | Legacy Projects | Projects you archived. The link only appears if you have one. See Legacy projects. Featured in the sidebar will show featured projects (coming soon). Find a project Click My Projects, Shared or Legacy in the sidebar. Type in \"Search projects...\". SciNodes matches project titles and descriptions, and tolerates small typos. Matches in your other lists appear under \"Also found in other categories\". Sort and change the view Sort: use the menu in the header to sort by Updated (most recently changed) or Name (alphabetical). Click the arrow button next to it to switch between ascending and descending. View: click Grid view for cards or List view for rows. What's on a project card Part | What it does Title, last updated time, description | Click anywhere on the card to open the project Gear icon | Opens Project Settings for that project Add Publications | Shown when the project's corpus is empty. Opens the Library tab. Book icon with a number | The corpus scale, shown rounded (for example <1K or 5.5K). Opens the Library tab. Chat, note and map counts | Shown when the project has any. Each opens its tab. Plot Map | Shown when the project has publications but no maps. Opens the Research Maps tab. Legacy badge and Restore to access | On archived projects. Opens Project Settings, where you can restore it. Create a project Click + New Project next to the search box in My Projects or Shared. It's hidden in Legacy. If you have no projects of your own or shared with you, My Projects opens straight on the New Project form. See Creating projects. Troubleshooting \"Couldn't load projects\" SciNodes couldn't fetch your list. It retries automatically (\"Retrying automatically in Ns…\"). Click Try again to retry now. If it keeps failing, check your connection. \"No results found in My Projects\" Nothing in this list matches your search. Check \"Also found in other categories\" below, or clear the search box. \"Projects shared with you will appear here.\" Nobody has shared a project with you yet. \"No projects in My Projects yet.\" You haven't created a project in this list. Click + New Project. A project you deleted is missing. Deleted projects are in the Bin. See Recycle bin. FAQ Why doesn't the corpus number on a card match my Library? The card shows a rounded corpus scale, not an exact count. Where is a project someone shared with me?" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/project-overview", "title": "Project overview", "description": "What the Overview tab of a SciNodes project shows: name and description, recent maps, notes and chats, library counts, Research in Formation and activity.", "keywords": [ "project overview", "SciNodes overview tab", "project dashboard", "recent activity", "rename project", "project library counts" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open the Overview", "Edit the name and description", "What each section shows", "Recent activity", "Tips", "FAQ", "How do I rename a project?", "Why does the Publications count look small?", "I hid the introduction panel. How do I get it back?", "What does \"undone\" mean in Recent Activity?", "Related" ], "text": "Project overview In short: The Overview tab is a project's home page. It shows the project name and description (both editable), your most recent maps, notes and chats, how many publications, authors, venues and research objects you've collected, and who did what recently. Use it to pick up where you left off. Open the Overview Open a project from My Projects or Shared. Click the Overview tab at the top. Edit the name and description Click the pencil icon next to the project name (\"Rename project\") or next to the description (\"Edit project description\"). Type your changes and press Enter, or click away. \"Saved ✓\" confirms the change. If there's no description yet, you see \"No description yet\". Under the name, the page shows when the project was last updated and whether it's a Private Project or a Shared Project. The gear icon next to the name opens Project Settings. See Project settings. What each section shows Section | What it shows | Actions \"Explore the literature. Build your research.\" | A short introduction | Plot New Map opens Expert Mode to create a map. How it works is coming soon. Close the panel with its close button; it stays hidden in this browser. Research Maps | Your most recent maps, with type and date | Click a map to open it. View all maps opens the Research Maps tab. With no maps: Plot your first map. Continue your research journey | Three shortcuts | Explore Your Library, Go to Research in Formation, Ask a Research Assistant Notes | Your most recent notes | Click a note to open it. View all notes opens the Notes tab. With no notes: New Note. Chats | Your most recent chats, with what each is about | Click a chat to open it. View all chats opens Research Assistants. With no chats: Start a conversation. Research in Formation | Your research objects arranged around \"Your Research Focus\" | Open goes to the Research in Formation tab. With none yet: Start shaping your focus. Project Library | Counts of Publications (in My references), Authors and Venues you've saved, and Research Objects | Click a row to open it. View all opens the Library. Recent Activity | The latest changes, who made them and when | View all activity opens the full \"Project activity\" list Recent activity Each entry names the action, who did it (on shared projects) and when. Actions that were later undone are marked \"undone\". Before anything has happened, it says: \"Nothing has happened in this project yet. Adding publications, building a map or writing a note will show up here.\" Tips Plot New Map opens Expert Mode, where you choose the map type yourself. To start from a question instead, use the Map queries bar on the Research Maps tab. See Create a map from a question. The Publications count is what you've saved to My references, not the whole corpus. See Folders. Collaborators see the same Overview, including activity by every member. See Collaboration. FAQ How do I rename a project? Click the pencil icon next to the project name on the Overview tab, type the new" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/project-settings", "title": "Project settings", "description": "Manage a SciNodes project's name, research focus, collaborators and lifecycle: rename it, invite people, archive it as legacy or delete it.", "keywords": [ "project settings", "rename project", "delete project", "archive project", "project collaborators", "change research focus" ], "status": "partial", "headings": [ "Open Project Settings", "Collaborators", "Compliance & Governance", "General", "Lifecycle", "Mark as legacy", "Delete project", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can an Editor delete the project?", "Is deleting a project permanent?", "Why can't I change the project's lab?", "Does changing the research focus change my publications?", "Related" ], "text": "Project settings In short: Project Settings is where you invite collaborators, rename the project, change its research focus, archive it as legacy or delete it. Open it from the gear icon next to the project name on the Overview tab. Only the project owner can invite people, change roles, archive, restore or delete the project. Open Project Settings Open the project and click the Overview tab. Click the gear icon (\"Project settings\") next to the project name. You can also click the gear icon on the project's card in My Projects. Archived (legacy) projects always open on this page. The page has four sections: Collaborators, Compliance & Governance, General and Lifecycle. Collaborators The top of the section says how many people have access, then lists each member with their role. Role | Can do Owner | Everything, including inviting, changing roles, archiving and deleting Editor | Edit and rename the project; can't manage members Viewer | Read only To invite someone: Type their email in \"Invite by email...\". Choose Editor or Viewer. Click Send invite. \"Shared with email.\" confirms it. The person needs an existing SciNodes account. To change a member's role, use the menu next to their name. To remove someone, click the remove button on their row. Full details, including what collaborators can see: Collaboration. The Lab row shows which lab the project belongs to. [Coming soon] Lab spaces are not available yet, so the Lab row doesn't do anything today. See Lab. Compliance & Governance [Coming soon] The Compliance & Governance controls are not available yet. Nothing you change in this section is saved or enforced. General Setting | How to change it Project name | Type the new name and click Save (or press Enter). \"Saved\" confirms it. The name is visible to all members. Current research focus | Click focus chips to add or remove them, up to 3. Changes save on their own and show \"Saved\". You can also rename the project and edit its description on the Overview tab. See Project overview. Lifecycle Mark as legacy Archives the project. It moves out of your active projects, its corpus, maps and notes stop being reachable until you restore it, and it stops counting against your active-project quota. Click Mark as legacy. In \"Mark project as legacy?\", click Mark as legacy. To bring it back, click Restore to active in the same place. See Legacy projects. Delete project Click Delete project. In \"Delete this project permanently?\", type the project name exactly as shown. Click I understand, delete project. The project moves to the Bin, and collaborators lose access straight away. You can restore it from the Bin. See Recycle bin. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do \"No user with that email in your workspace.\" | Nobody with that email has a SciNodes account in your workspace | Ask them to create an account first, then invite them again \"This person is already a member.\" | They already have access | Change their role instead \"Only the project owner" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/projects/recycle-bin", "title": "Recycle bin", "description": "Delete a SciNodes project, find it in the Bin, restore it, or remove it for good. Deleted projects show a 60-day countdown.", "keywords": [ "delete project", "recycle bin", "restore deleted project", "empty trash", "SciNodes bin", "recover project" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Delete a project", "Restore a project", "Delete a project permanently", "Empty the Bin", "The 60-day period", "Options", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "I deleted a project by mistake. Can I get it back?", "Can I delete a project someone shared with me?", "Can I restore a project after emptying the Bin?", "Is there a Bin for maps, notes or publications?", "Related" ], "text": "Recycle bin In short: When you delete a project, it goes to the Bin instead of disappearing. Open Bin in the sidebar to Restore a project or Delete it permanently. Empty Trash permanently removes everything in the Bin. Each project shows how many days are left of its 60-day period. Delete a project Only the project owner can delete a project. Open the project and click the Overview tab. Click the gear icon next to the project name to open Project Settings. Under Lifecycle, click Delete project. Type the project name exactly as shown. Click I understand, delete project. \"Deleted \"project name\".\" confirms it, and you return to your project list. Collaborators lose access straight away. A project also goes to the Bin if you leave the New Project form and choose Stop and discard while it's building. Restore a project Click Bin in the sidebar. Find the project. Each card shows when it was deleted and \"N days until permanent deletion\". Click Restore. A \"Project restored\" notification confirms that it's back in your projects, with its corpus, maps and notes. Delete a project permanently Click Bin in the sidebar. Click Delete on the project's card. In \"Delete this project permanently?\", wait for the short countdown, then click Delete. A \"Project deleted\" notification confirms it. This can't be undone. Empty the Bin Click Bin in the sidebar. Click Empty Trash in the header. In \"Empty bin?\", wait for the countdown, then click Empty Trash. A \"Trash emptied\" notification confirms how many projects were removed. This can't be undone. The 60-day period The Bin says \"Items in the bin are automatically deleted after 60 days.\" and counts down the days for each project. Automatic deletion at the end of the 60 days is coming soon. Until then, projects stay in the Bin until you delete them yourself. Options Control | Where | What it does Restore | Project card | Moves the project back to your projects Delete | Project card | Removes that project for good, after a countdown Empty Trash | Header | Removes every project in the Bin for good, after a countdown Grid view / List view | Header | Changes how the Bin is laid out Troubleshooting \"Only the project owner can delete it.\" You're an Editor or Viewer. Ask the owner, or leave the project instead. See Collaboration. \"Bin is empty\" There are no deleted projects. \"Deleted projects will appear here for 60 days before being permanently removed.\" \"Could not load the bin\" SciNodes couldn't fetch the Bin. Click Try again. The delete dialog warns that this can't be undone. The Project Settings dialog uses strong wording, but the project still goes to the Bin first, where you can restore it. FAQ I deleted a project by mistake. Can I get it back? Yes. Click Bin in the sidebar and click Restore on the project's card. Can I delete a project someone shared with me? No. Only the owner can delete a project. To set one of your own projects aside without deleting it, mark it as legacy instead. See Legacy projects. Can I restore a" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/relevance-and-recency", "title": "Relevance and recency", "description": "How SciNodes will score each publication in a project by team engagement (relevance) and by how recently anyone used it (recency). Coming soon.", "keywords": [ "publication relevance score", "recency score", "team engagement", "rank publications by use", "most used publications" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "How relevance will work", "Example", "How recency will work", "Team scores", "FAQ", "Can a publication's relevance go down?", "Does opening the same publication several times count each time?", "Can people outside the project see these scores?", "When will relevance and recency be available?", "Related" ], "text": "Relevance and recency [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: When it launches, every publication in a project will carry two scores. Relevance grows each time a project member works with the publication, for example opening it, filing it or highlighting it. Recency shows how recently anyone did, fading by half every 30 days. Both are team scores, shared by everyone in the project, and only project members will see them. How relevance will work Relevance is a running total. Each interaction adds points, and the total only goes up. What a project member does | Points added Adds the publication on purpose, for example by DOI, from a reference file, or by copying it from another project | 1 The publication arrives in a batch, for example from a catalog search, a seed or corpus expansion, or adding cited publications from a map node | 0.5 Files it into one of their folders | 2 Opens its details | 1 Opens its PDF | 1.5 Annotates it: writes a note about it, highlights it, or adds it (or a quote from it) to Research in Formation | 3 Comments on it: a PDF comment, or comment evidence in Research in Formation | 3 These weights are placeholders and may change before launch. A change would affect only points added afterwards. Example You add a publication by DOI (1 point), open its details (1), open its PDF (1.5) and highlight a passage (3). Its relevance in the project is 6.5. If a teammate then files it into a folder (2), it rises to 8.5. How recency will work Recency measures how long ago anyone last interacted with the publication. It's worked out when you look at it, using the formula 2^(−days since last interaction ÷ 30), so it halves every 30 days. Last interaction | Recency Today | 1.0 30 days ago | 0.5 60 days ago | 0.25 90 days ago | 0.125 Any of the interactions in the relevance table resets recency to 1.0. Team scores Per project. Scores belong to the project, not to one person. Every member's activity counts toward the same scores. Separate projects, separate scores. Using a publication in one project doesn't change its scores in another. Members only. Only members of the project will see its scores. Kept on removal. If a publication is removed from the corpus, its scores are kept. Undoing the removal brings the publication back with its scores. SciNodes already keeps track of when members last interacted with each publication, which these scores are built from. See Privacy and your data. FAQ Can a publication's relevance go down? No. Relevance only increases. Recency is the score that fades over time. Does opening the same publication several times count each time? Yes. Each time someone opens its details or its PDF, points are added. Can people outside the project see these scores? No. Only project members will see them. When will relevance and recency be available? No date has been announced. This page will be updated when the scores appear in SciNodes. Related Share a project with" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-assistant/assistants-and-credits", "title": "Assistants and credits", "description": "Choose between the Sage, Vega and Nova research assistants, see what each costs in credits, and track chat spending on the Usage limits page.", "keywords": [ "which AI assistant", "Sage assistant", "Vega assistant", "Nova assistant", "AI credits per chat", "assistant cost" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The assistants", "Pick an assistant", "How chat credits work", "See where your chat credits went", "Authorized model providers", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Which assistant should I use?", "Can I switch assistants in the middle of a chat?", "When can I use Atlas?", "What happens when my credits run out mid-week?", "Related" ], "text": "Assistants and credits In short: SciNodes has four research assistants: Atlas (Expert), Sage (Superior), Vega (Standard) and Nova (Budget). Sage is the default. Atlas is listed but locked (coming soon). Higher tiers spend more credits per message, and every chat draws on your one weekly credit budget. Pick the assistant with the button next to any chat's message box. The assistants Assistant | Tier | Available | Credits per message Atlas | Expert | No, locked (coming soon) | — Sage | Superior | Yes, the default | Most of the three Vega | Standard | Yes | Fewer than Sage Nova | Budget | Yes | Fewest The tiers run from strongest to lightest. A higher tier spends more credits for the same conversation. SciNodes doesn't publish which AI model each assistant runs on. Atlas appears with a lock. Hovering over it shows \"Atlas (Expert) is not included in your package\". You can't pick it yet. Pick an assistant Open a chat: in the Research Assistants tab, in a side-panel chat on a map or publication, or in Quick Chat. Click the assistant button next to the message box. It shows the current assistant's name, for example Sage. Choose Sage (Superior), Vega (Standard) or Nova (Budget). Send your message. How the choice behaves: Per chat. Each chat keeps its own assistant. Changing it affects your next message in that chat only. Remembered for new chats. A new chat starts on the assistant you picked last. This is remembered in your browser. History stays honest. Each reply shows the avatar of the assistant that wrote it, even if you switch later. Tooltip. Hover over the button to see \"Answering as Sage (Superior)\" or similar. How chat credits work All AI features in SciNodes, including chats, draw on one weekly credit budget. The default free allowance is 2,000,000 credits a week. It resets every Sunday at 00:00 UTC, and unused credits don't roll over. What makes a message cost more: The assistant tier. Sage costs more than Vega, and Vega more than Nova. Chat length. Each message includes the conversation so far, so later messages in a long chat cost the most. What's in view. Long full texts and attached files add to every message in that chat. See Attachments and what the assistant sees. See where your chat credits went Click your avatar (User menu) at the bottom of the left sidebar. Click Usage limits. Find Where the chat credits went. It appears once you've chatted in the current budget week. For each assistant you see: Column | Meaning Turns | How many replies it wrote this budget week Credits | Credits those replies used Share of chat | Its percentage of your chat credits (not of your whole week) The page notes: \"Switching assistant in the chat composer changes what your next turn costs.\" For everything else on the page, see Credits and usage. Authorized model providers Under User Preferences → Authorized model providers, SciNodes explains that it \"chooses the best available model provider for each task by default\". The controls are locked by default" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-assistant/attachments-and-in-view", "title": "Attachments and what the assistant sees", "description": "Attach publications and files to a chat, check in the About panel what the assistant can read, and learn the formats and limits.", "keywords": [ "attach PDF to AI chat", "chat about publication full text", "what can the assistant read", "chat file upload limit", "About panel", "in view" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What the assistant reads", "Attach a publication from the library", "Attach a file", "Formats and limits", "Check what's in view in the About panel", "Fix an \"Abstract only\" publication", "Remove something from About", "The first reply about a publication", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does attaching a file add it to my library?", "Can the assistant read Word or Excel files?", "Why does the assistant only see the abstract?", "Does the assistant read all of my notes?", "Related" ], "text": "Attachments and what the assistant sees In short: The assistant reads what a chat is \"about\": publications, map elements and files you attach. For a publication it always sees the abstract, the full text when a PDF is stored, and your newest 25 notes and highlights on it. Open the chat's About panel to see exactly what's in view. A chat can be about up to 12 things, including up to 10 files of 32 MB each. What the assistant reads Item in About | What the assistant gets A publication | Its details and abstract, always. Its full text when a PDF is stored for you. Your newest 25 notes, highlights and comments on it. A map, node, edge or cluster | The element and its place on the map. A Chat with this map chat gets a summary of the whole map. An attached file | Its contents, if it's a type the assistant can read. A stored PDF is either a shared open-access copy that SciNodes fetched or your own upload. Your uploads are visible only to you, so only your chats read them. See Fetching and uploading PDFs. Attach a publication from the library Open a chat in the Research Assistants tab. Click + (Attach) to the left of the message box. Click Attach a publication from the library. Search with \"Search the library…\" and click a publication. Each row ends with \"PDF stored\" or \"abstract only\", so you know what the assistant will get. The publication is added to About (\"Added to About.\"). Adding a publication adds to what the chat is about. It never replaces what's already there. Publications already attached show \"already attached\". Attach a file Send at least one message first. A file belongs to the chat, so the chat must exist. Click + → Attach a file and choose the file. When it's uploaded you see \"file name added to About.\" Attached files belong to that chat only. They aren't added to your library, and other chats can't see them. Formats and limits Limit | Value Things one chat can be about | 12 Files per chat | 10 Size per file | 32 MB Notes read per item | The newest 25 The assistant reads | Stored, but not read PDF, TXT, MD, CSV, TSV, JSON, YAML, LOG, BIB, RIS | DOCX, DOC, XLSX, PPTX, PNG, JPG, GIF, WEBP, ZIP and any other type If you attach a type the assistant can't read, you're warned first: \"file name will be attached, but its contents cannot be read by the assistant.\" The assistant still knows the file is there and its name. Check what's in view in the About panel Click the people icon (Toggle members & publications) at the top right of the chat. Under About, click the arrow next to an item to expand it. Read its status line and notes list. Status lines for a publication: Status | Meaning \"Full text in view\" | The assistant read the PDF on your last message. Details show the page count, \"opening part only\" for very long texts, and \"your upload\" for your own copy. \"PDF stored, not yet read\" | A PDF is stored. It's read when you send your next message. \"Full text being read\" | The PDF is still being read. It's in view from your next message. \"Abstract" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-assistant/chats", "title": "Chats with the research assistant", "description": "Start, find, rename and delete research assistant chats in a project, and open a chat about a publication, map element or whole map.", "keywords": [ "research assistant chat", "AI chat about a publication", "chat with this map", "delete chat", "rename chat", "AI research assistant" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Start a chat in the Research Assistants tab", "Start a chat about something specific", "Find, rename and delete chats", "Save an answer as evidence", "The side panel: About and Members", "Who can see your chats", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can my collaborators read my chats?", "Can I edit a message I already sent?", "Why did a later message cost more credits than the first one?", "Where do chats I start from a map or the Library go?", "Related" ], "text": "Chats with the research assistant In short: Each project has a Research Assistants tab where your chats with the AI research assistant live. Click New chat (the + next to Chats) to start one, or click Chat about this on a publication, map node, cluster or map to start a chat about that item. Your chats are private to you, even in a shared project. Start a chat in the Research Assistants tab Open a project and click the Research Assistants tab. It's the chat icon near the right end of the tab bar. In the left sidebar, click New chat (the + next to Chats). Type your question in the message box at the bottom. Optional: pick an assistant and a reply language with the two buttons next to the message box. See Assistants and credits and Mentions and reply language. Press Enter to send. Press Shift + Enter for a new line. The chat is saved when you send the first message. While the assistant works, you see \"Assistant name is thinking\". The reply appears in one piece when it's ready. Start a chat about something specific You can start a chat from the item you're looking at. The assistant then knows what the chat is about. Where | Click Library: publication details | Chat about this Library: a publication's ⋯ menu | Chat about this Map: a selected node or edge | Chat about this … (for example Chat about this Author) Map: a selected cluster | Chat about this … (for example Chat about this topic) Map: the map overview | Chat with this map Map: right-click a node | Chat Map: a publication window | Chat about this These chats open in a side panel next to the item, so you can keep looking at it. If the item already has a chat, the button says Continue chat instead. To move the chat to the full Research Assistants tab, click Open in Assistant at the top of the panel. A chat that is about an item shows the item's name with a link icon at the top of the chat and in the chat list. Click the name to go back to the item. To add more publications or files to a chat, see Attachments and what the assistant sees. Find, rename and delete chats Find a chat: type in Search chats... above the chat list. Rename a chat: click the chat's name at the top of the open chat, type a new name, then press Enter or click elsewhere. Delete a chat: open it and click the bin icon (Delete this chat) at the top right. In the \"Delete this chat?\" dialog, click Delete chat. This deletes every message in it and can't be undone. Delete one message: hover over the message, click More (⋯), then Delete message. A \"Message deleted.\" notice offers Undo for one minute. Save an answer as evidence Hover over an assistant reply and click RIF it (the target icon). This opens the Add to Research in Formation dialog, where you add the reply to a research object as evidence. See Research in Formation. The side panel: About and Members Click the people icon (Toggle members & publications) at the top right of an open chat. About lists what the chat is about and what the assistant can read for each item: full" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-assistant/mentions-and-reply-language", "title": "Mentions and reply language", "description": "Tag map nodes, clusters and links with @ in a map chat, choose the language the assistant replies in, and learn how sending works.", "keywords": [ "mention map node in chat", "@ mention", "assistant reply language", "chat in Spanish", "Enter to send", "AI reply language" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Tag map elements with @", "Tag a link between two nodes", "Names in replies", "Choose the reply language", "Sending and receiving messages", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does the reply language translate my publications?", "Can I write my question in another language?", "Why can't I use @ in the Research Assistants tab?", "Can I use SciNodes in a language other than English?", "Related" ], "text": "Mentions and reply language In short: In a chat opened from a map, type @ to tag a node, cluster or link by name, so the assistant knows exactly which one you mean. Every chat has a reply-language button: choose one of 20 languages for that chat, or Use my preference. Press Enter to send and Shift + Enter for a new line. Replies arrive in one piece, not word by word. Tag map elements with @ Mentions work in chats that sit next to a map: Chat with this map, Chat about this on a selected node, edge or cluster, and answer chats opened from the Map queries bar while a map is showing. They aren't available in the Research Assistants tab or in Quick Chat, because there is no map on screen. Open a map and click Chat with this map, or select an element and click Chat about this …. In the message box, type @ followed by the start of a name. A list of up to 8 matches appears. Each match is labelled with the map's own word for it, for example \"Author\", \"Research Group\" or \"Topic\". Use ↑ and ↓ to highlight a match, then press Enter or Tab, or click it. Finish your question and send it. Press Esc to close the list without picking. If you type only @, a hint explains what you can name. Tag a link between two nodes Type @edge followed by the start of the first node's name. Pick the first node. Type -, then the start of the second node's name. Only nodes linked to the first one are offered. Pick the second node. Names in replies When a reply names a node, cluster or link from the map, the name becomes a link. Click it to show that element on the map. The chat stays open so you can keep reading. If the element is hidden by your current filters, SciNodes tells you. Choose the reply language Click the language button (globe icon) next to the message box. It shows the current reply language. Choose Use my preference to follow your account setting. The row shows which language that is. Or choose one of the 20 languages. The choice applies to this chat only. Hover over the button to check: \"Replying in Spanish for this chat\" means the chat has its own language; \"Replying in Spanish — your Assistant language preference\" means it follows your preference. To change the language every new chat starts in, open User Preferences → Assistant language. This is separate from your Explainer language, so map explanations and chats can use different languages. See Translation and languages. The 20 languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Russian, Korean, French, Malay, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Sinhala and Konkani. The SciNodes interface itself stays in English. Sending and receiving messages Key | Action Enter | Send the message Shift + Enter | Start a new line ↑ / ↓, Enter or Tab, Esc | Move through, pick from or close the @ list While a match is highlighted in the @ list, Enter picks the name instead of sending. Replies arrive whole when they're ready. Until then you see \"Assistant name is thinking\"." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-assistant/quick-chat", "title": "Quick Chat", "description": "Chat with the research assistant outside any project, then file the conversation under a project when it belongs there.", "keywords": [ "quick chat", "AI chat without project", "general research question AI", "file chat under project", "SciNodes chat" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Start a Quick Chat", "File a chat under a project", "Quick Chat compared with project chats", "Get help using SciNodes", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Where do my Quick Chats go after I click New chat?", "Can Quick Chat read my publications?", "Can I move a project chat into Quick Chat?", "Does Quick Chat cost credits?", "Related" ], "text": "Quick Chat In short: Quick Chat is a chat with the research assistant that doesn't need a project. Click Quick Chat in the left sidebar, type your question and press Enter. Use the project picker in the header to file the chat under a project; it then appears in that project's Research Assistants tab. Start a Quick Chat Click Quick Chat in the left sidebar, or go to app.scinodes.com/chat. Type your question in \"Message the assistant…\". Optional: pick an assistant and a reply language with the two buttons next to the message box. Press Enter to send. Press Shift + Enter for a new line. To start over, click New chat in the header. The conversation stays on screen if you visit another page and come back. File a chat under a project In the header, open the project picker. It shows No project at first. Choose one of your projects. The chat moves to that project. While it moves, the picker's tooltip says \"Moving the chat…\". You can pick the project before or after your first message. The chat then appears in that project's chat list in the Research Assistants tab. Your next New chat goes to the same project unless you change the picker. Quick Chat compared with project chats | Quick Chat | Research Assistants tab Needs a project | No | Yes Attach publications or files | No | Yes Reads your PDFs and notes | No | Yes, for items in About List and search of past chats | No, one conversation at a time | Yes Choose assistant and reply language | Yes | Yes Quick Chat answers from the assistant's general knowledge. It doesn't see your projects, your library or this documentation. To ask about specific publications, use a chat inside a project. See Chats with the research assistant. Get help using SciNodes For step-by-step help with SciNodes itself, use this documentation. Inside a project, you can also type a \"how do I…\" question into the Map queries bar. SciNodes recognizes a question about the product and answers it in a chat that draws on this documentation. See Create a map from a question. Tips File a chat under a project before you click New chat if you want to find it again. Quick Chat shows one conversation at a time and has no list of earlier ones. Credits work the same as in project chats. See Assistants and credits. Troubleshooting \"Could not reach the server. Your message was not sent.\" Check your connection and send again. \"The assistant could not answer (number).\" Something went wrong on the server. Try again in a moment. \"Weekly complex compute budget spent. Resumes day at 00:00 UTC.\" Your weekly credits are used up. See Credits and usage. \"Could not reach the server. The chat was not moved.\" The chat stayed where it was. Pick the project again. \"You are not a member of that project.\" You no longer have access to that project. Pick another one. I don't see Quick Chat in the sidebar. On your first visit, before you have any projects, the sidebar shows fewer links. Create a project and it appears. FAQ Where do my Quick Chats go after I click New" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/research-in-formation", "title": "Research in Formation", "description": "Collect evidence from PDFs, maps, chats and your library into research objects, arrange them by importance, link them and write Working Notes.", "keywords": [ "Research in Formation", "RIF it", "research objects", "collect evidence", "concept map of research", "working note" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Key terms", "Save evidence with RIF it", "Add to an object or create one", "Arrange objects on the stage", "Review pending objects", "The Research Record", "Write a Working Note", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "What's the difference between a note and a research object?", "Can my collaborators see my research objects?", "Does Research in Formation use AI credits?", "Can one passage be evidence for two objects?", "Related" ], "text": "Research in Formation In short: Research in Formation (RIF) is where you build your argument. Click RIF it on a PDF passage, map node, chat reply or publication to save it as evidence in a research object, such as a concept, theory, method or publication. Then open the Research in Formation tab to arrange objects as Focus, Secondary or Background, link them, and turn one into a Working Note. Key terms Term | Meaning Research object | One idea or entity you're tracking. Types: Publication, Author, Concept, Theory, Method, Journal, Institution, Country. Evidence | Material attached to an object: a highlight, quote, comment, AI response or cited publication, with where it came from Hierarchy | How central an object is: Focus, Secondary or Background Pending review | Objects you saved for later instead of adding to the stage Research objects belong to the project, so every project member sees them. Save evidence with RIF it Where | How | Origin shown PDF viewer | Select text → RIF it | PDF reader Map | Select a node → RIF it | Research map Chat | Hover over an assistant reply → RIF it | AI chat Library | Publication details → RIF it (it then shows RIFfed!), or the ⋯ menu → RIF | Library Research in Formation tab | New Research Object in the left sidebar | Added by hand Add to an object or create one Click RIF it. The Add to Research in Formation dialog shows the captured material, where it came from and its page. To add it to an existing object, type in Search existing Research Objects (\"Search by title…\") and click the object. You see \"Evidence attached to \"title\"\". To make a new object, click + Create New Research Object: Title: type a name. For text you captured, SciNodes may suggest a title and type (\"suggesting…\"). Object type (required): pick one of the eight types. Hierarchy: Focus, Secondary or Background. Click Create Research Object to put it on the stage, or Save for Review to decide later. \"The material above is attached as evidence automatically.\" Click Back to return to the search step. Arrange objects on the stage Open the Research in Formation tab. Pick a view with the buttons at the top left: Concentric circle view, Box view or Pyramid view. Only the shape changes; objects keep their places and levels. Drag an object's card into another band to change its level. Focus is the center (or top), Background the outside (or bottom). To change the colors of object types, click Object colors in the left sidebar. Colors are saved per project in your current browser. Review pending objects Click Pending review at the top of the stage. The number shows how many are waiting. Click Review on an object. The \"Review Research Object\" dialog opens. Edit the title, type and level, then click Create Research Object, or Save for Review to keep it pending. To throw it away, click Discard, then Really discard?. The Research Record Click an object on the stage to open its Research Record on the right. Part | What you can do Title | Click to edit Type |" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/features/translation", "title": "Translation and languages", "description": "Translate a publication's title and abstract, read term definitions and map explanations in your language, and set the assistant's reply language.", "keywords": [ "translate abstract", "machine translation publication", "explainer language", "assistant language", "research in another language", "supported languages" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What can appear in another language", "Translate a publication", "Read term definitions in your language", "Set your explainer language", "Set the assistant's reply language", "The 20 languages", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Does translation change the publication in my library?", "Can I translate the full text or PDF?", "Can I use the SciNodes interface in my language?", "Why can my explainer and assistant languages differ?", "Related" ], "text": "Translation and languages In short: SciNodes can translate a publication's title and abstract into English or into your explainer language. The original stays untouched and translations are marked \"Machine translation\". Term definitions and map explanations follow your Explainer language, and chat replies follow your Assistant language. Both offer 20 languages. The interface itself stays in English. What can appear in another language What | Language comes from | Where to change it A publication's title and abstract | The language buttons in its details | Per publication Term definitions on maps | Explainer language, with an EN toggle | User Preferences → Explainer language Map explainer walkthroughs | Explainer language | User Preferences → Explainer language Research assistant replies | Assistant language, or a chat's own language | User Preferences → Assistant language, or the language button in a chat Menus, buttons and messages | English only | — Your publications always stay in the language they were published in. Translations are shown alongside them; nothing in your library is changed. Translate a publication In the Library, click a publication to open its details. A publication window on a map works too. Find the language buttons near the title: Original: the publication as published. English: shown when the publication isn't in English. Your explainer language: shown when it isn't English and differs from the publication's language. Click a language. \"Translating…\" shows while it works. The translated title and abstract appear with \"Machine translation from language\". Click Original to go back. If the only option would be Original, for example an English publication with English as your explainer language, the buttons don't appear. Translation is an AI feature and uses your weekly credits. A translation someone has already made is cached and free, and the cache is shared with everyone who can read the publication. Read term definitions in your language On a keyword or term map, click a term to select it. Open Definition in the selection panel. A badge says whether the definition is \"In this project\" or \"General\". If your explainer language isn't English, switch between EN and your language with the toggle above the definition. Set your explainer language Open the user menu and click User Preferences. Click Explainer language. Pick a language. In this list, English appears as \"English Only\". \"The language SciNodes explains itself in.\" It's saved to your account and follows you to every device. Set the assistant's reply language Open User Preferences → Assistant language and pick a language. Every new chat starts in it. To use a different language in one chat, click the language button next to the chat's message box and pick one. Choose Use my preference to go back. See Mentions and reply language. The 20 languages English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Russian, Korean, French, Malay, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu," }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/getting-started/create-account", "title": "Create your account", "description": "Sign up for SciNodes with email, Google or Microsoft, verify your email, sign in and reset a forgotten password. One account covers every SciNodes product.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes sign up", "create SciNodes account", "SciNodes login", "sign in with Google", "sign in with Microsoft", "SciNodes forgot password", "verify email" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Sign up with email and password", "Sign up with Google or Microsoft", "Verify your email", "Sign in", "Reset a forgotten password", "One account for every SciNodes product", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Is a SciNodes account free?", "Do I need a separate account for SciVerse or Academy?", "Can I sign up on my phone?", "How do I change my password?", "Related" ], "text": "Create your account In short: Go to app.scinodes.com/signup and sign up with your email and a password of at least 8 characters, or with your Google or Microsoft account. SciNodes signs you in and opens My projects straight away. The same account works in SciVerse, SciNodes Academy and SciNodes Support. For now you sign in to each product separately. Sign up with email and password Go to app.scinodes.com/signup. From the sign-in page, you can also click Create one. Under \"Create your account\", type your Email. An institutional address is a good choice: SciNodes uses its domain to suggest your organization on your profile. Type a Password of at least 8 characters. Type the same password in Confirm password. If the two don't match, you see \"Passwords don't match.\" and the button stays disabled. Click Create account. The button shows \"Creating account…\" while it works. SciNodes opens My projects. Next, create your first project. Sign up with Google or Microsoft On the sign-up page, under \"or sign up with\", click Google or Microsoft. A pop-up window opens. Choose your account and approve. SciNodes opens My projects. If no window appears, your browser blocked the pop-up. Allow pop-ups for app.scinodes.com and try again. You can add a password to a Google or Microsoft account later, so you can also sign in with your email. See Sign in and passwords. Verify your email SciNodes doesn't send a verification email when you sign up. To verify your address: Click your avatar to open the user menu, then click your name to open Profile. Next to your email, which shows Unverified, click Verify email. You see \"Verification email sent. Check your inbox.\" Open the email and follow the link. It brings you back to your profile, where your email shows Verified. Sign in Go to app.scinodes.com/login. Type your Email and Password, then click Sign in. Or, under \"or continue with\", click Google or Microsoft. SciNodes opens My projects. Use the same method you signed up with. If you signed up with Google, click Google, even if your Google account uses the same email address. Reset a forgotten password On the sign-in page, click Forgot password?. Under \"Reset your password\", type your account Email and click Send reset link. You see \"Check your inbox\". For privacy, SciNodes shows this message whether or not an account exists for that address. Open the email and follow the link to choose a new password. The link expires after a short while. If it has expired, request another. Go back to the sign-in page and sign in with your new password. If you signed up with Google or Microsoft, sign in with that button instead. One account for every SciNodes product Product | Where to sign in | What signing in gives you SciNodes app | app.scinodes.com/login | Required for everything SciVerse | Sign in on sciverse.scinodes.com | Optional: every search result, and Add to SciNodes SciNodes Academy | Sign in on academy.scinodes.com | Optional: saved courses and lesson progress SciNodes Support" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/getting-started/first-project", "title": "Build your first project in 10 minutes", "description": "A guided first run in SciNodes: create a project, let AI suggest publications, read your first research map and ask a research assistant about it.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes tutorial", "first project", "getting started with SciNodes", "create a project", "first research map", "SciNodes walkthrough" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Create the project", "2. Let SciNodes suggest publications", "3. Read your Initial Map", "4. Chat with the map", "5. Explore a cluster", "6. Ask a research question", "7. Open a publication", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I create a project without any publications?", "I already have a Zotero or Mendeley library. Can I start from that?", "Is the Initial Map saved?", "Can I change the title or focus later?", "Related" ], "text": "Build your first project in 10 minutes In short: Click + New Project, give the project a title, pick a research focus, choose Suggest publications for me, describe your topic and click Add Suggested Publications and Create Project. SciNodes finds publications for you, opens the project and builds your first research map, the Initial Map, automatically. From there you can click a cluster, chat with the map and open any publication. Before you start You need a SciNodes account. See Create your account. Use a desktop browser. See System requirements. Suggesting publications and chatting with a research assistant use your weekly AI credits. A new account has enough for this walkthrough. See Credits and usage. 1. Create the project Go to app.scinodes.com and sign in. You land on My Projects. Click + New Project. If you have no projects yet, the New Project form is already open. The Project title field starts as \"Untitled project\". Click it and type your own title, for example \"Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems\". It needs at least 4 characters. Under Current research focus, click Literature Review (or whatever fits). You can pick up to 3. Optional: click Add a description and write a sentence or two about the topic. Click Tidy up my wording if you want AI to fix terminology, spelling and grammar. Your description is reused in the next step. 2. Let SciNodes suggest publications Under \"Let's gather your publications\", click Suggest publications for me. In the box headed \"What's this project about?\", describe your research focus in at least two words. If you wrote a description, it's already filled in. Click Add Suggested Publications and Create Project at the bottom of the page. Watch the progress. \"Searching for:\" shows the searches SciNodes AI planned from your focus. It then searches the catalog with each one and merges the best results, up to 800 publications. SciNodes adds the publications and opens your new project on its own. You don't have to wait. If you leave the page while the project is building, choose Build in background. A Building card in the sidebar shows progress, and you get a \"Project ready\" notification when it finishes. 3. Read your Initial Map The project opens on the Research Maps tab and builds the Initial Map. This is a term co-occurrence map: each node is a term from your publications' titles, abstracts and keywords, and terms that appear together are linked. Small maps appear at once. Large ones fill in progressively. Each colored group is a cluster. On this map type, a cluster is a topic. Bigger nodes are more important terms. See Reading a map. 4. Chat with the map Before you click anything on the map, the right-hand panel shows an overview of the map. Click Chat with this map. Type a question, for example \"What are the main themes in this map?\", and press Enter. Use Shift + Enter for a new line. When you're done, click the close button on the chat to go back to the overview. 5. Explore a cluster Click a cluster on the" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/getting-started/interface-tour", "title": "Find your way around the app", "description": "A tour of the SciNodes app: the sidebar, header, project tabs, notifications, sync status, undo and redo, the help and user menus, and build progress.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes interface", "SciNodes sidebar", "work desk tabs", "SciNodes navigation", "where is project settings", "SciNodes menu" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The sidebar outside a project", "The sidebar inside a project", "Project tabs", "The header", "The bottom of the sidebar", "Notifications", "Sync status", "Building", "Undo and redo", "Help menu", "Your account menu", "Tips", "FAQ", "Where are my project settings?", "How do I get back to my project list from inside a project?", "Why can't I see Shared, Bin or Quick Chat in the sidebar?", "What does \"Unsynced changes\" mean?", "Related" ], "text": "Find your way around the app In short: The SciNodes app has a left sidebar for moving between your projects and tools, a header with page controls, and, inside a project, a row of tabs: Overview, Research in Formation, Library, Research Maps, Notes and Research Assistants. Notifications, the sync status, help, your account menu and undo/redo sit at the bottom of the sidebar. The sidebar outside a project Item | What it opens My Projects | Projects you own. See Project gallery. Shared | Projects other people have shared with you Legacy | Projects you archived. Only shown if you have any. See Legacy projects. Featured | Featured projects (coming soon) My Lab (under Labs) | Lab spaces (coming soon). See Lab. Bin | Deleted projects you can restore. See Recycle bin. Quick Chat | A research assistant chat that doesn't need a project. See Quick Chat. Quick Note | A new note outside any project. The arrow next to it opens View Quick Notes. See Quick notes. On your very first visit, before you have any projects, the sidebar shows only My Projects and Featured Projects. The rest appears once you have a project. The sidebar inside a project When you open a project, a back arrow next to the SciNodes logo takes you back to your projects. The rest of the sidebar changes with the tab you're on: Tab | Sidebar shows Research Maps | A New Map tile in the map gallery. With a map open: your map list, map controls and the Composition list of clusters. Library | Add Publications, then My references, Authors, Venues and your Folders Notes | A New Note tile and your note folders Research Assistants | Your Chats and a New chat button Research in Formation | A New Research Object tile Project tabs Tab | What it's for Overview | Project summary, recent maps, notes, chats and activity. See Project overview. Research in Formation | Collect research objects and the evidence behind them. See Research in Formation. Library | The publications in your corpus, folders, saved authors and venues. See Adding publications. Research Maps | Build and explore network maps. See Map types. Notes (icon) | Your notes, highlights and comments. See Notes. Research Assistants (icon) | AI chats about your project. See Chats. Project Settings open from the gear icon next to the project name on the Overview tab, or from the gear on the project's card in your project list. See Project settings. The header The header changes with the page: Project lists: the page title, a sort menu (Updated or Name, with a button to switch ascending or descending), and Grid view / List view buttons. Bin: Grid view / List view and Empty Trash. Inside a project: the tab bar, the project name, a Download button when a map is open on Research Maps (exports the map) or a note is open on Notes (downloads it as Markdown), and a Share button. Sharing individual maps is coming soon. See Sharing maps. Archived project: \"Legacy — restore to edit\" instead of the tabs. The bottom of the sidebar Notifications Click Notifications" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/getting-started/system-requirements", "title": "System requirements", "description": "What you need to run SciNodes: a desktop browser with WebGL2, enough memory for your map size, a large enough screen, and pop-ups allowed for sign-in.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes system requirements", "supported browsers", "WebGL2", "SciNodes on mobile", "device check", "memory for large maps", "hardware acceleration" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Minimum and recommended", "Memory and map size", "Run Device Check", "Screen size, phones and tablets", "Allow pop-ups for Google and Microsoft sign-in", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I use SciNodes on a phone or iPad?", "Which browser should I use?", "Why does Device Check say \"8 GB or more\" when I have 16 GB?", "Does Device Check send my hardware details to SciNodes?", "Related" ], "text": "System requirements In short: SciNodes runs in a current desktop browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, with WebGL2 and hardware acceleration turned on. You need at least 4 GB of memory and 2 CPU cores. 16 GB and 8 cores are recommended for the largest maps. The browser window must be at least 768 pixels wide and 500 pixels tall. To test your computer, open the user menu and click Device Check. Minimum and recommended Requirement | Minimum | Recommended Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB CPU cores | 2 | 8 Graphics | WebGL2, integrated graphics | WebGL2, discrete graphics Browser | All required features | Current version Window size | 768 × 500 pixels | — Required browser features are WebGL2, WebAssembly, structuredClone, OffscreenCanvas and ResizeObserver. Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari have them all. Nothing needs to be installed: SciNodes runs entirely in the browser. Memory and map size Maps are drawn on your computer, so bigger maps need more memory. Map size | What it means | Memory needed Small maps | Up to about 4,000 nodes | 4 GB Large maps | Up to about 60,000 nodes, with the default edge limit | 8 GB Very large maps | Beyond 65,000 nodes, shown as an overview in chunks | 8 GB Large maps, all edges shown | A large map with the edge limit raised | 16 GB To keep a map light, show fewer edges or nodes with Thresholds in the map configuration panel, or build the map from a corpus slice. See Map controls and styling. Run Device Check Device Check measures your computer and browser against these requirements. In SciNodes, click your avatar to open the user menu. Click Device Check. You can also open User Preferences → Device check. Click Run test. It takes about a second. Read the Compatibility rating at the top. Under Requirements, compare This device with Minimum and Recommended for each row. Under What this device can open, see which map sizes your computer can handle. After you change a browser setting, click Re-run test. The test runs locally. Nothing is sent to SciNodes, and the result is saved in this browser only. Compatibility | Meaning Excellent | Fast, with plenty of memory and cores Good | Nothing is below the recommendation Fair | Meets every minimum, but something is below the recommendation Limited | Something is below the minimum. Large maps may be slow or fail. Unsupported | WebGL2 or a required browser feature is missing. Maps can't be drawn. Each requirement row shows Meets recommended, Meets minimum, Below minimum or Not reported. Each map size shows Supported, Workable, Not supported or Unknown. Device Check rows are Memory, CPU cores, Processing speed, Graphics and Browser. Processing speed times a short task taken from opening a map and compares it with a reference computer: \"1.3× reference\" or lower is recommended, and above \"3.5× reference\" is below the minimum. Screen size, phones and tablets The SciNodes app is built for desktop and laptop screens. If the window is narrower than 768 pixels or" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/help/contact-support", "title": "Contact Support", "description": "How to file a SciNodes support ticket at support.scinodes.com, choose a category and priority, attach files, and track your ticket's status.", "keywords": [ "scinodes support", "contact scinodes", "support ticket", "report a bug", "help with account", "can't sign in" ], "status": "partial", "headings": [ "Before you start", "File a ticket", "Form fields", "Categories", "Priority", "Attachments", "Track your tickets", "Replies", "Tickets filed while signed out", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How long does Support take to reply?", "Can I file a ticket without a SciNodes account?", "How do I request account deletion or a copy of my data?", "Is there a help center or knowledge base?", "Related" ], "text": "Contact Support In short: To get help, file a ticket at support.scinodes.com. Click New ticket, add a subject, category, priority, contact email and description, attach up to 10 files, and click Submit ticket. Support typically replies within one business day, by email to the contact address you give. Sign in first so you can find your ticket again later. Before you start Sign in if you can. Click Sign in on the Support site and use your SciNodes account. Signing in lets you see all your tickets later and request High or Urgent priority. Can't sign in? You can file a ticket without an account. Choose the category Can't sign in. Have the details ready: what you were doing, what you expected, what happened instead, and the exact text of any error message. Screenshots help. You can also open Support from the SciNodes app: click the Help (?) button and choose Support. File a ticket Go to support.scinodes.com. Click New ticket. If you have no tickets yet, the form appears straight away under \"Create your first ticket\". Type a Subject: a short summary of the issue. Choose a Category. Choose a Priority. Normal is the default. Check the Contact email. Support replies to this address. Write a Description. Include steps to reproduce, what you expected and what happened, and any links. Optional: under Attachments, add screenshots, logs or other files. Click Submit ticket. SciNodes shows \"Ticket #ABC12345 submitted. We'll reach out to your email.\" Note the ticket number. Form fields Field | Required | Rules Subject | Yes | Up to 140 characters Category | Yes | See the table below Priority | Yes | Low, Normal, High or Urgent Name | Shown when signed in | Taken from your account; can't be edited Contact email | Yes | Where Support replies Description | Yes | At least 10 characters Attachments | No | Up to 10 files, 10 MB each Categories Category | Use it for Bug | Something in SciNodes doesn't work as expected Billing | Plans and payments Feature suggestion | An idea for SciNodes Account | Account deletion, data export, a wrong organization, email changes and other account questions Can't sign in | You can't get into your account. Shown only when you're signed out. Other | Anything else Priority Priority | Who can choose it Low | Anyone Normal (default) | Anyone High | Signed-in users Urgent | Signed-in users If you're signed out, SciNodes shows \"Sign in to request High or Urgent priority.\" The exception is Can't sign in: it raises the priority to Urgent automatically (\"Raised to Urgent because you can't get into your account. Lower it if this can wait.\"). Attachments You can attach up to 10 files, each up to 10 MB. Accepted types: PNG, JPEG, GIF, WEBP, PDF, TXT, CSV, Markdown (.md), ZIP, GZIP, TAR, JSON and log files. Click Remove next to a file to take it off the ticket before you submit. Track your tickets Sign in at support.scinodes.com. The Support tickets page lists your tickets with their category, priority, status and date. Click a ticket to see its" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/help/faq", "title": "Frequently asked questions", "description": "Short answers to common questions about SciNodes, SciVerse and Academy: cost, mobile, languages, uploads, maps, AI credits, PDFs, privacy and plans.", "keywords": [ "scinodes faq", "is scinodes free", "scinodes mobile", "scinodes languages", "scinodes questions", "how does scinodes work" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Getting started", "What is SciNodes?", "Is SciNodes free?", "Does SciNodes work on mobile?", "Which languages does SciNodes support?", "What browser and computer do I need?", "Do I need separate accounts for SciVerse, Academy and Support?", "Projects and library", "What files can I upload?", "Can I import my Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote library?", "How do I share a project with colleagues?", "How do I get back a project I deleted?", "What's the difference between removing from a folder and removing from the corpus?", "Maps", "Which map should I make first?", "Why is my citation map empty?", "Why did one of my maps disappear?", "Can I export a map for a manuscript or slides?", "Can I share a link to a map?", "AI and credits", "What are credits?", "When do my credits reset?", "Which assistant should I choose?", "Can I trust the AI's answers?", "What can the assistant see?", "PDFs", "Does SciNodes find full-text PDFs?", "Are my uploaded PDFs private?", "Where are my highlights saved?", "SciVerse", "Do I need an account to use SciVerse?", "Does searching SciVerse use my credits?", "How do I add a publication from SciVerse to a project?", "Academy", "Do I need an account to use Academy?", "Do Academy courses give certificates?", "Account and privacy", "How do I reset my password?", "Who can see my projects?", "How do I delete my account or export my data?" ], "text": "Frequently asked questions In short: Quick answers to the questions people ask most about SciNodes. Each answer links to a page with the full details. If your question isn't here, try Troubleshooting or contact Support. Getting started What is SciNodes? SciNodes is an AI-assisted research platform for literature review and scientometric analysis. You gather publications into a project, map the field, read and annotate, ask an AI research assistant, and export citations. Start with Your first project. Is SciNodes free? Yes. Every account gets a free weekly allowance of 2,000,000 AI credits, which resets every Sunday at 00:00 UTC. Paid plans with larger allowances are coming soon. See Plans and billing. Does SciNodes work on mobile? Not yet. The SciNodes app needs a window at least 768 × 500 pixels, so use a laptop or desktop. On some tablets and phones you can click Use fullscreen and turn the device to landscape. See System requirements. Which languages does SciNodes support? The interface is in English only. AI explanations and research assistant replies are available in 20 languages, and you can translate publication titles and abstracts. See Research in another language. What browser and computer do I need? A modern desktop browser with WebGL2, and at least 4 GB of memory (16 GB recommended). Run Device Check from the user menu to test your device. See System requirements. Do I need separate accounts for SciVerse, Academy and Support? No. One SciNodes account works everywhere. For now, sign in to each product separately with the same details. See Single sign-on. Projects and library What files can I upload? PDFs and reference exports: RIS, BibTeX, PubMed .nbib, EndNote .enw, Web of Science .ciw, CSV, TSV, Excel .xlsx and .txt. You can also upload ZIP files or whole folders. See File formats and limits. Can I import my Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote library? Yes. Export it as RIS or BibTeX, then upload it in a new project or with Add Publications → Upload Anything. See Bring your reference library. How do I share a project with colleagues? Open the project, click the gear icon for Project Settings, go to Collaborators, and invite them by email as Editor or Viewer. They need a SciNodes account. See Collaboration. How do I get back a project I deleted? Open the Bin in the sidebar and click Restore. The Bin shows how many days are left before permanent deletion. See Recycle bin. What's the difference between removing from a folder and removing from the corpus? Removing from a folder only takes the publication out of that folder. Remove from corpus takes it out of the project entirely and can't be undone. See Folders. Maps Which map should I make first? Every new project builds an Initial Map (term co-occurrence) that shows the main topics. Then type a research question in the Map queries bar and SciNodes recommends a map. See Map types. Why is my citation map empty? Citation, co-citation and bibliographic coupling maps need reference lists. Click" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/help/troubleshooting", "title": "Troubleshooting", "description": "Fix common SciNodes problems by symptom: sign-in failures, blocked pop-ups, failed uploads, empty maps, missing PDFs, spent budget and stuck builds.", "keywords": [ "scinodes not working", "can't sign in", "upload failed", "map is empty", "pdf unavailable", "budget spent", "project stuck building", "unsynced changes" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "I can't sign in", "The Google or Microsoft sign-in window doesn't open", "My upload failed or files were skipped", "My map is empty or has no links", "\"PDF unavailable\"", "\"Weekly complex compute budget spent.\"", "SciNodes is blocked on my screen", "The sync chip says \"Unsynced changes\"", "My project is stuck building", "The assistant doesn't reply", "A map is slow or the browser tab crashes", "Other problems", "Still stuck?", "Related" ], "text": "Troubleshooting In short: Find your symptom below and follow the steps. Most problems have a clear cause: a blocked pop-up, an unsupported file, missing reference data, a spent weekly budget or a screen that's too small. If you see an exact message, search for it on Error messages. If nothing here helps, contact Support. I can't sign in Check which method you used to create your account. If you see \"An account already exists with this email using a different sign-in method.\", sign in with that method, for example Google. If you see \"Incorrect email or password.\", check for typos, then click Forgot password? to reset your password. If you see \"Too many attempts. Please wait a moment and try again.\", wait a few minutes before trying again. If you see \"Could not reach the server. Check your connection and try again.\", check your internet connection. If you see \"This account has been disabled.\" or nothing else works, file a ticket at support.scinodes.com with the category Can't sign in. You don't need to be signed in. In SciVerse, Academy and Support you can't reset a password. Do it at app.scinodes.com. See Sign in and manage your password. The Google or Microsoft sign-in window doesn't open Google and Microsoft sign-in open a pop-up window. If your browser blocks it, you see \"Your browser blocked the sign-in window. Allow pop-ups and try again.\" Look for a blocked pop-up icon in your browser's address bar. Allow pop-ups for the SciNodes site you're on, for example app.scinodes.com. Click Google or Microsoft again. Finish signing in inside the pop-up. Closing it early shows \"The sign-in window was closed before finishing.\" My upload failed or files were skipped Each file shows a status as it uploads. Check the status and message: Status or message | Fix \"Legacy .xls isn't supported — save it as .xlsx or CSV.\" | Open the file in your spreadsheet app and save it as .xlsx or CSV. \"This format is not processed — PDFs and reference exports (RIS, BibTeX, .nbib, .enw, .ciw, CSV, TSV, .xlsx) are.\" | Export from your reference manager as RIS or BibTeX. \"N files in that folder skipped — not a format we read.\" | Those files weren't PDFs or reference exports. The rest were uploaded. \"The PDF is password-protected — remove the password and try again.\" | Remove the password in a PDF tool and upload again. \"The PDF took too long to read.\" / \"The PDF could not be read.\" | Try a different copy of the PDF, or add the publication by DOI with Manual Entry. Duplicate / Already in the corpus | Nothing to fix. SciNodes didn't add a second copy. \"Saved without catalog metadata — weekly complex compute budget spent.\" | The file was saved, but without catalog details. See the budget section below. ZIP files can hold up to 500 files, 100 MB per file and 500 MB in total. See Uploading files and File formats and limits. My map is empty or has no links An empty map is a fact about your corpus, not an error. SciNodes explains the likely reason on the map. Citation, co-citation" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/error-messages", "title": "Error messages", "description": "A to Z list of SciNodes, SciVerse, Academy and Support messages, with what each one means and what to do next.", "keywords": [ "scinodes error", "scinodes error message", "what does this error mean", "sign in error", "upload error", "budget spent message", "map build failed" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Messages that start with a name or number", "A", "C", "D", "E", "G", "I", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "R", "S", "T", "U", "W", "Y", "Related" ], "text": "Error messages In short: This page lists the error, warning and notice messages you may see in SciNodes, SciVerse, Academy and Support, from A to Z. Each entry says what the message means, what to do, and where to read more. Use your browser's find (Ctrl + F, or Cmd + F on a Mac) and type a few words of the message. Words in italics, such as N or title, stand for a number or name that changes. If your problem isn't a message, see Troubleshooting. Messages that start with a name or number Message | What it means | What to do \"file exceeds the 10 MB limit.\" | Support: an attachment is over 10 MB. | Compress it or attach a smaller file. See Contact Support. \"file is a type file, which we can't accept.\" | Support: that file type isn't accepted. | Attach a supported type, or put it in a ZIP. \"N files in that folder skipped — not a format we read.\" | Library upload: some files in the folder weren't PDFs or reference exports. The rest were uploaded. | Nothing, unless you need those files. See Uploading files. A Message | What it means | What to do \"A ticket can carry 10 files. Remove one to add another.\" | Support: you've reached 10 attachments. | Remove a file, or combine files into one ZIP. \"Add a project title (at least 4 characters) to choose how you'll add publications.\" | New Project: the title is too short to continue. | Type a title of 4 or more characters. See Creating projects. \"AI search planning wasn't available, so this search used your own words.\" | Discover or Suggest ran without AI planning, often because your weekly budget is spent. | Review the results, or try again after the reset. See Credits and usage. \"All of those publications are already in your corpus.\" | Map: the cited publications you tried to add are already in the project. | Nothing to do. Already in the corpus | Upload status: this publication is already in the project. | Nothing to do. No second copy was added. \"An account already exists with this email.\" | Sign up: this email already has an account. | Sign in instead, or click Forgot password?. See Sign in and manage your password. \"An account already exists with this email using a different sign-in method.\" | You first signed up with another method, such as Google. | Sign in with the method you used first. \"Are you sure you want to exclude this data point?\" | Map: you asked to exclude a node. | Confirm, or cancel to keep it. See Selecting, merging and excluding. C Message | What it means | What to do \"Check your inbox\" | Password reset: if an account exists for that email, a reset link is on its way. | Open the email and follow the link. Check spam. The link expires after a short while. \"Choose a stronger password (at least 8 characters).\" | Profile: the new password was rejected. | Choose a longer, less common password. \"Citing the first 200 of N selected publications.\" | Cite: you can cite up to 200 at once. | Cite the rest in another batch. See Citations and reference styles. \"Close all searches?\" | SciVerse: you" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/file-formats-and-limits", "title": "File formats and limits", "description": "All SciNodes file formats and limits in one place: upload formats, ZIP and PDF sizes, search caps, map drafts, chat attachments, credits and SciVerse.", "keywords": [ "scinodes file formats", "scinodes limits", "upload size limit", "supported formats", "ris bibtex upload", "pdf size limit", "zip upload limit" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Upload formats (library)", "Upload size and time limits", "Creating a project", "Library", "Maps", "Research assistant", "Credits and storage", "Projects and Bin", "Account and preferences", "Device and screen", "SciVerse", "Academy", "Support tickets", "Related" ], "text": "File formats and limits In short: You can upload PDFs and reference exports (RIS, BibTeX, .nbib, .enw, .ciw, CSV, TSV, .xlsx, .txt), as single files, ZIP files or whole folders. Publication PDFs can be up to 64 MB, chat attachments up to 32 MB, and ZIP files up to 500 files and 500 MB unpacked. The free AI allowance is 2,000,000 credits per week, and there's no storage limit. The tables below list every format and limit by area. Upload formats (library) Format | File types | Notes PDF | .pdf | SciNodes reads the PDF and looks up its catalog details RIS | .ris | Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote can export this BibTeX | .bib, .bibtex | Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote can export this PubMed | .nbib | EndNote | .enw | Web of Science | .ciw | Spreadsheets | .csv, .tsv, .xlsx | Not legacy .xls Text | .txt | SciNodes detects the format from the content Archives and folders | .zip, or a whole folder | Nested subfolders are read SciNodes detects exports from Dimensions, Lens, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science automatically. For Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote, export your library as RIS or BibTeX. Not accepted | Message Legacy Excel .xls | \"Legacy .xls isn't supported — save it as .xlsx or CSV.\" Any other format | \"This format is not processed — PDFs and reference exports (RIS, BibTeX, .nbib, .enw, .ciw, CSV, TSV, .xlsx) are.\" Unsupported files inside a folder | \"N files in that folder skipped — not a format we read.\" See Uploading files. Upload size and time limits Limit | Value Files in one ZIP | 500 Size of each file in a ZIP | 100 MB Total ZIP size, unpacked | 500 MB Publication PDF size | 64 MB Time to read a PDF | 60 seconds Time to look up catalog details | 20 seconds Time to upload a reference export | 5 minutes Time to save a publication | 30 seconds Time to attach a PDF | 5 minutes PDFs that are password-protected, or that can't be read in time, show an error. See Troubleshooting. Creating a project Limit | Value Project title | At least 4 characters Current research focus | Up to 3 Description length for Tidy up my wording | Up to 2,000 characters Suggest publications for me | Up to 800 results Discover with SciVerse: results | 500 by default Discover with SciVerse: queries | Up to 10 (Add another query) Discover with SciVerse: include or exclude filters | Up to 25 per list Discover with SciVerse: preview | Top 10 by relevance Only these publications | At least 50 publications See Creating projects. Library Limit | Value Discover in the library | Ask for up to 1,000; at most 800 are returned by default Corpus expansion (Expand corpus in Expert Mode) | Up to 100 publications per run, 5 queries Suggest authors / Suggest venues | 1 to 200; default 50 Cite at once | 200 publications Reference styles | 81, in 8 groups; default APA 7th edition Storage | No limit See Corpus expansion and Citations and reference styles. Maps Limit | Value Draft maps | 32 per user per project; the oldest is deleted when you go over Undo Discard all drafts | 1 minute, from the" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/for-ai-assistants", "title": "For AI assistants", "description": "How AI assistants and agents should read the SciNodes docs: llms.txt, llms-full.txt, docs-index.json, page status and rules for answering users.", "keywords": [ "llms.txt", "SciNodes llms.txt", "docs index json", "AI agent documentation", "machine-readable docs" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Machine-readable files", "Page status", "Rules for answering SciNodes users", "Product URLs", "Related" ], "text": "For AI assistants In short: These docs are written so AI assistants can answer SciNodes questions accurately. Fetch /llms.txt for an index of every page, or /llms-full.txt for the full text in one file. Every page carries a status. Never tell a user that a page marked upcoming describes something they can use today. Machine-readable files File | What it contains | Best for /llms.txt | Site summary, rules, and one line per page (title, URL, status, description), grouped by section in sidebar order | Finding the right page /llms-full.txt | The full Markdown of every page, each headed by its URL, status and description | Loading everything at once /docs-index.json | JSON: per page url, title, description, keywords, status, headings and the first ~3,000 characters of plain text | Retrieval pipelines /sitemap.xml | Every page URL | Crawlers All files are regenerated on every docs build, so they always match the published pages. Page status status | Meaning | How to answer live | Available to users today. | Give the steps as written. partial | Live, but part of the page describes something not yet available. That part is marked Coming soon. | Give the live steps. Say clearly which part isn't available yet. upcoming | Built but not available to users yet. The page starts with a Coming soon notice. | Say it's coming soon. Don't give a date. Offer the live alternative the page suggests. What's coming lists every upcoming feature. Rules for answering SciNodes users Quote the UI labels exactly. Pages show buttons and menu items in bold exactly as they appear in the app. Repeat them verbatim so users can find them. Start from the \"In short\" paragraph. Each page opens with a direct answer. The detailed steps follow. Use \"publication\". SciNodes calls every scholarly item a publication. Use the same word so users recognise the interface. Don't invent prices, dates or limits. If a number isn't in these docs, say you don't know and point the user to Contact Support. Paid plan prices haven't been announced. Check the platform. The SciNodes app runs only in a desktop browser window at least 768 × 500 pixels. The interface is English only. AI output is available in 20 languages. Explain error messages. Error messages lists the app's messages with fixes, and Troubleshooting is organised by symptom. Link the page you used. Give users the page URL so they can read more. AI output can be wrong. When users rely on SciNodes AI answers or citations, remind them to check the source publication. Product URLs Product | URL SciNodes app | https://app.scinodes.com SciVerse (public search) | https://sciverse.scinodes.com SciNodes Academy | https://academy.scinodes.com SciNodes Support (tickets) | https://support.scinodes.com Legal pages | https://www.scinodes.com/terms-of-use, /privacy-policy, /cookie-policy, /accessibility Related Glossary FAQ What's coming" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/glossary", "title": "Glossary", "description": "Plain-language definitions of SciNodes terms: corpus, corpus slice, research map, cluster, node weightage, RIF, research object, credits and more.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes glossary", "what is a corpus", "corpus slice", "bibliometric terms", "research in formation", "co-citation definition" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "About panel", "Alias", "Assistant", "Bibliographic coupling", "Bin", "Citation map", "Cluster", "Co-authorship map", "Co-citation map", "Corpus", "Corpus expansion", "Corpus slice", "Credits", "Discover", "Draft map", "Edge", "Expert Mode", "Folder", "In view", "Initial Map", "Keyword co-occurrence map", "Legacy project", "Library", "Map", "Map queries bar", "My references", "Node", "Node weightage", "Open access", "Project", "Publication", "Query Bank", "Quick Chat", "Quick Note", "Reference data", "Reference style", "Relevance and recency", "Research focus", "Research in Formation (RIF)", "Research map" ], "text": "Glossary In short: These are the terms SciNodes uses in the app and in these docs, in alphabetical order. SciNodes always calls a scholarly item, such as a journal article, conference paper, preprint, book or dataset, a publication. About panel The panel in a chat that lists what the chat is about: maps, nodes, publications and files, up to 12. It also shows what the assistant can see (\"in view\"). See Attachments and what's in view. Alias A short name you give a publication in your library, for example \"HN22\", to find it quickly. See Publication details. Assistant One of the AI research assistants you can chat with: Sage (Superior, the default), Vega (Standard), Nova (Budget) and Atlas (Expert, locked for now). Higher tiers give stronger answers and use more credits. See Assistants and credits. Bibliographic coupling A map type that links two items when they cite the same publications. It shows research fronts. See Map types. Bin Where deleted projects go. You can restore them. The Bin shows a 60-day countdown for each project. See Recycle bin. Citation map A map type that links two items when one cites the other. Cluster A group of closely linked nodes on a map, drawn in one color. Its name depends on the map type, for example Topic, School of Thought, Research Front or Research Group. See Reading a map. Co-authorship map A map type that links authors, organizations or countries that published together. Co-citation map A map type that links two items when publications in your corpus cite them together. It shows a field's intellectual base. Corpus The set of publications a project works over. You see and manage it in the Library tab. See Adding publications. Corpus expansion Permanently adding related publications to a corpus, by re-running the queries that built it or by running new searches. It only adds publications you don't already have. See Corpus expansion. Corpus slice A filter that limits which publications one map uses, by year, document type, folder, citations, keyword, text, author, affiliation, venue, language, open access or retraction. It doesn't change the corpus. You can also describe a slice in a sentence and let AI turn it into filters. See Corpus slices. Credits The unit SciNodes uses to measure AI usage. Every AI feature draws from one weekly budget that resets every Sunday at 00:00 UTC. See Credits and usage. Discover Gathering publications by writing your own catalog search, with year range and include or exclude filters. Compare Suggest. See Discover and Suggest. Draft map A map that isn't saved yet. The first map in a project is saved automatically; later maps start as drafts. You can keep up to 32 drafts per project. See Drafts and saving. Edge A line between two nodes on a map. It shows a link such as a citation, co-citation, collaboration or co-occurrence. Expert Mode The map creation form that exposes every setting: type, unit, slice, thresholds, clustering, layout, normalization and weights. See Expert Mode. Folder A" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/keyboard-shortcuts", "title": "Keyboard shortcuts", "description": "Every SciNodes keyboard and mouse shortcut: map zoom and selection, library selection, chat send and new line, note indenting, and dialogs.", "keywords": [ "scinodes keyboard shortcuts", "scinodes hotkeys", "multi-select nodes", "shift click select", "zoom map keyboard", "enter to send" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Maps", "Map queries bar", "Sidebar map list", "Library list", "Chats", "Notes", "Dialogs, forms and other places", "Tips", "FAQ", "Is there a keyboard shortcut for undo?", "How do I select several nodes on a map?", "Why doesn't + zoom the map?", "Related" ], "text": "Keyboard shortcuts In short: SciNodes has a small set of shortcuts, mostly for maps, library selection, chats and notes. On a Mac, use Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl. There are no global shortcuts for undo, redo or switching tabs. Use the on-screen buttons instead. Maps Shortcut | What it does | Notes + or = | Zoom in | Works when you're not typing in a box - or _ | Zoom out | Works when you're not typing in a box Ctrl + Click | Add a node or edge to the selection, or remove it | Cmd + Click on a Mac Esc | Close the right-click menu, or cancel a node merge | The zoom keys do nothing if you hold Ctrl, Cmd or Alt, so they don't clash with browser zoom. See Selecting, merging and excluding and Map controls and styling. Map queries bar Shortcut | What it does ↑ / ↓ | Move through suggested research questions Enter | Choose the highlighted question Esc | Close the suggestions See Create a map from a question. Sidebar map list Shortcut | What it does Alt + ↑ | Move the selected map up the list Alt + ↓ | Move the selected map down the list See Map folders and properties. Library list Shortcut | What it does Click | Select one publication Shift + Click | Select a range of publications Ctrl + Click | Add a publication to the selection, or remove it Shift + drag, or Ctrl + drag | Sweep-select several rows Shift + ↑ / ↓ | Extend the selection up or down Ctrl + mouse wheel | Scroll the list instead of zooming the page See Searching and filtering. Chats Shortcut | What it does | Where Enter | Send the message | Research assistant chats, Quick Chat, Overview composer Shift + Enter | Start a new line | Same places See Chats and Quick Chat. Notes Shortcut | What it does Tab | Indent Shift + Tab | Outdent See Note editor. Dialogs, forms and other places Shortcut | What it does | Where Esc | Close | Dialogs and pickers Enter | Add the item you typed | Invite, keywords and research areas fields Esc | Clear the search | Search preferences… box in User Preferences Esc | Cancel editing your name | Profile page Tips To undo or redo, use the undo and redo buttons. They appear where something can be undone, and their tooltip names the action. To switch work desk tabs, click the tab names. FAQ Is there a keyboard shortcut for undo? No. Use the undo and redo buttons. Their tooltip names the action, or says \"Nothing to undo\". How do I select several nodes on a map? Hold Ctrl (Cmd on a Mac) and click each node or edge. Why doesn't + zoom the map? The zoom keys don't work while you're typing in a text box, or while you hold Ctrl, Cmd or Alt. Click out of the box and try again, or use the zoom buttons on the map. Related Interface tour Selecting, merging and excluding Searching and filtering Glossary" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/reference/whats-coming", "title": "What's coming", "description": "SciNodes features that are built but not yet available: paid plans, SmarterPDF, map share links, lab spaces, relevance scores, single sign-on and more.", "keywords": [ "SciNodes roadmap", "SciNodes coming soon", "SciNodes new features", "upcoming features" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Features with their own page", "Smaller items mentioned on other pages", "SciNodes app", "SciVerse", "Academy", "Support", "Account and privacy", "FAQ", "When will these features be released?", "Can I request a feature?", "Related" ], "text": "What's coming In short: This page lists SciNodes features that are built or planned but not available yet. Across the docs, these features are labelled Coming soon. There are no release dates, and details may change before launch. Everything not listed here is available today. Features with their own page Feature | What it will do | Use today instead Plans and billing | Free, Economy, Base and Power plans with larger weekly credit allowances. Pricing will be announced at launch. | Every account has a free weekly credit allowance. See Credits and usage. SmarterPDF | A clean text-and-tables view of each PDF, which you can annotate and which the assistant can cite by page | The standard PDF viewer Sharing maps | Share links and invites for a single map | Share the whole project (Collaboration) or export the map Lab spaces | A shared space for your lab's projects and members | Share each project with your lab members Relevance and recency | Per-project scores showing which publications your team uses most and most recently | Folders and tags in the library Single sign-on | Sign in once for the app, SciVerse and Academy | Sign in to each product with the same account Upcoming SciVerse pages | Pages for publications, topics, funders, open access, datasets and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals | Search and the author, organization and venue pages Smaller items mentioned on other pages SciNodes app Atlas (Expert) research assistant. It's shown but locked. See Assistants and credits. Inviting collaborators and assigning a lab from the New Project wizard. Use Project Settings → Collaborators today. See Creating projects. Compliance & Governance settings in Project Settings. See Project settings. Featured projects, Messages and the Settings page in the sidebar and user menu. The How it works tour on the project Overview. Reconfigure map… in Map Properties. Create a new map with different settings instead. See Map folders and properties. The Library import and Publication suggestions views in the library. The app on phones and small screens. See System requirements. Interface languages other than English. AI output is already available in 20 languages. See Research in another language. SciVerse Creating a new SciNodes project from Add to SciNodes. Create the project in the app first. See Add to SciNodes. Clickable publication titles and topic results. Academy Email notifications for new courses and product updates. You can set the preferences now. See Academy profile and settings. Support Seeing customer care replies, and replying, in the Support portal. See Contact Support. Account and privacy Self-service account deletion and data export. Until then, ask Support (category Account). See Privacy and your data. FAQ When will these features be released? SciNodes doesn't publish release dates. These docs are updated when a feature launches, and its Coming soon label is removed. Can I request a feature? Yes. File a ticket at support.scinodes.com with the" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/add-to-scinodes", "title": "Add SciVerse publications to a SciNodes project", "description": "Save a publication you find in SciVerse straight into a SciNodes project with Add to SciNodes. It lands in the project's corpus and My references folder.", "keywords": [ "add publication to SciNodes", "save search result to project", "SciVerse Add to SciNodes", "import publication from SciVerse", "add to reference library" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Add a publication", "Find a project in a long list", "What happens in SciNodes", "What you can't do from SciVerse", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Where does a publication from SciVerse go?", "Can I add a publication to several projects?", "Can I add a whole search result list?", "Can I add publications to a shared project?", "Related" ], "text": "Add SciVerse publications to a SciNodes project In short: Every publication card in SciVerse has an Add to SciNodes button. Sign in, click it and pick one of your projects. The publication is added to that project's corpus and filed in its \"My references\" folder, and you see \"Added to My references ✓\". SciVerse can't create projects, so create the project in the SciNodes app first. Before you start Sign in to SciVerse with your SciNodes account. See Guest vs signed in. Have at least one project in the SciNodes app. See Create your first project. Add a publication Find the publication in SciVerse: in search results, or on an author, organization, journal, conference or keyword page. Click Add to SciNodes on its card. The panel \"Add to a SciNodes project\" opens and shows \"Loading your projects…\", then your projects. Click a project. It shows \"Adding…\", then \"Added to My references ✓\". Optional: click another project to add the same publication there too. To see it, open the project in app.scinodes.com and go to the Library tab. Find a project in a long list In the panel, click Search all N projects. A dialog opens with the publication's title at the top. Type in \"Search by name, lab or focus area…\". Every word you type must match. Each project card shows its title, a \"Shared with you\" or \"Archived\" badge where it applies, \"Updated …\", \"N members\", its description and research focus. Click Add on the project you want. The card changes to \"Added to My references ✓\". Close the dialog with ✕ or Esc. What happens in SciNodes The publication joins the project's corpus, so maps and the research assistants can use it. It's filed in the project's \"My references\" folder. If the project has no such folder, SciNodes creates it. If the publication is already in the project, adding it again doesn't create a duplicate. See Folders for how \"My references\" works. What you can't do from SciVerse You can't… | Instead Create a new project | Create it in the SciNodes app, then come back. Creating projects from SciVerse is planned (coming soon). Choose a folder other than \"My references\" | Move the publication to another folder in the project's Library. Add many publications at once | In the app, use Discover with SciVerse or Add Publications → Discover. They search the same catalog. Add an author, organization or venue | Open its page and add its publications one by one. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do The sign-in panel opens when you click Add to SciNodes | You aren't signed in. | Sign in, then click Add to SciNodes again. \"Sign in to load your SciNodes projects.\" | Your session has ended. | Sign in again. \"Could not load your SciNodes projects.\" | Your projects couldn't be loaded. | Click Try again. \"No SciNodes projects found.\" | You have no projects yet. | Create a project in the SciNodes app, then try again. \"No projects match “text”.\" | No project matches your search in the dialog. | Try fewer or different words. \"Couldn't add to “project”." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/browsing-authors-organizations-venues", "title": "Find most-cited authors, organizations and journals", "description": "Browse free ranked lists of the most-cited authors and research organizations and active journals and conferences in SciVerse, and open any profile page.", "keywords": [ "find most cited authors", "most cited researchers list", "top research institutions by citations", "search journals by citations", "list of active journals", "academic conference list", "author publication list" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "The four ranked lists", "Browse a ranked list", "Find a specific author, organization or venue", "What a detail page shows", "Page addresses", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How are authors ranked in SciVerse?", "Why isn't a journal in the Active journals list?", "Do I need to sign in to browse rankings?", "Can I save an author or journal in SciVerse?", "Related" ], "text": "Find most-cited authors, organizations and journals In short: In SciVerse, the header links Authors, Organizations, Journals and Conferences open ranked lists ordered by total citations. The journal and conference lists include only venues that are still publishing. Each list shows 25 per page and has a search box to find a name. Click any name to open its page with citation and publication counts, topics and every publication, page by page. Lists and pages are free and open to everyone, with no sign-in needed. The four ranked lists Header link | Page heading | Ranked by | Address Authors | \"Most-cited authors\" | Total citations | /authors Organizations | \"Most-cited organizations\" | Total citations | /research-organizations Journals | \"Active journals\" | Total citations, still publishing only | /journals Conferences | \"Active conferences\" | Total citations, still publishing only | /conferences The footer also links to the authors and organizations lists, under People & Places, and to journals and conferences, under Venues. Browse a ranked list Go to sciverse.scinodes.com and click Authors, Organizations, Journals or Conferences in the header. Scroll the list. Each card shows the name, a subtitle line, \"N citations\", \"N publications\" and topic tags. Click Next → or ← Previous to move between pages. The pager shows \"Page X of Y\". Click a name to open its page. Find a specific author, organization or venue Open the list, for example Journals. Type in the search box, for example \"Search journals…\". Results update as you type and show \"N journals found\". Click the name you want. To go back to the ranked list, click Clear. When you're signed in, a name search inside a list counts as a search and uses a small amount of your weekly credit budget. Browsing the ranked list itself is free. See Guest vs signed in. You can also find authors, organizations, journals and conferences from the main search: run a search and click the matching tab. See Searching. What a detail page shows Open a detail page by clicking a name in a ranked list or in search results. The kind of page: Author, Organization, Journal or Conference. The name and a subtitle line, such as an affiliation. \"N citations\" and \"N publications\". Topic tags. The publications, 25 per page, with Next → and ← Previous. Each publication has Add to SciNodes. See Add to SciNodes. A link back to the list, for example \"← Back to authors\". Page addresses Each detail page has a readable address you can bookmark or share: Page | Address pattern | Example Author | /author/name--id | /author/geoffrey-e-hinton--a2ch86iz Organization | /research-organization/name--id | Journal | /journal/name--id | Conference | /conference/name--id | The name part is there to make the link readable. The part after the double hyphen identifies the page, so a link keeps working even if the name is spelled differently. Tips Most-cited authors in your field: search your field, click the Authors tab and choose Sort → Most cited. The" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/filters-and-sorting", "title": "Filter and sort SciVerse results", "description": "Narrow SciVerse publication results by year, open access, author, organization, topic, journal or conference, and sort by relevance, newest or most cited.", "keywords": [ "filter publications by year", "open access publications search", "search publications by journal", "exclude author from search", "sort by most cited", "SciVerse filters" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Filter by publication year", "Show only open access publications", "Include or exclude an author, organization, topic or venue", "Filter by topic", "Sort results", "Clear filters", "Limits and rules", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How do I find publications from one journal?", "How do I exclude a topic or an author?", "Can I filter authors or journals by year?", "Do filters cost anything?", "Related" ], "text": "Filter and sort SciVerse results In short: On the SciVerse results page, the Filters panel narrows publication results. Set a Publication year range, tick Open access only, use Refine by to include or exclude specific authors, organizations, topics, journals or conferences, or click a bucket under Topics. Filters apply on the Publications and All tabs only. Use Sort to order results by Relevance, Newest or Most cited. Filter by publication year Run a search, then make sure the Publications or All tab is selected. Under Publication year, type a year in From, To, or both. Press Enter or click outside the box. Results update. On the home page, click the Year chip under the search box to set the range before you search. Show only open access publications Under Access, tick Open access only. Results update to show only publications marked open access. On the home page, click the Access chip to set this before you search. Include or exclude an author, organization, topic or venue Under Refine by, choose what to filter on: Author, Organization, Topic, Journal or Conference. Choose Include to keep only matching publications, or Exclude to remove them. Start typing a name in the box below, for example \"Search author…\". Pick the right match from the suggestions. If nothing matches, you see \"No matches\". The filter appears as a chip: \"+\" for include, \"−\" for exclude, for example \"+ Author: name\". To remove a filter, click ✕ on its chip. You can add as many filters as you need, up to the limit below. The same author, organization, topic or venue can't be both included and excluded: adding it again with the other choice switches the existing filter. Filter by topic After a search, the Topics section lists the main topics in the matching publications, with a count for each. Click a topic to include it. It becomes a Topic include filter. Click it again to remove it. Sort results Open Sort above the results and choose: Sort | Order Relevance | Best match to your search term first (default) Newest | Most recent first Most cited | Highest citation count first The Sort menu is available on every tab, not just Publications. Clear filters Click Clear all at the top of the Filters panel. On the home page, click Clear all next to the chips. Click See results → to run a search with the chips you set. Clear all resets the whole search: the search term, type tab, year range, open access, sort and every include or exclude filter. The Clear all filters button under \"No results found\" does the same. Limits and rules Rule | Detail Where filters apply | Publications and All tabs only Include filters | Up to 25 per type Exclude filters | Up to 25 per type Journals and conferences | Share one set of 25, because both are venues On other tabs, the filters are hidden and you see \"Year, open-access and refine-by filters apply to publications only. Switch to the Publications or All tab to use them.\" Your filter values are kept and come back when you switch to Publications or All." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/guest-vs-signed-in", "title": "Use SciVerse as a guest or signed in", "description": "What you can do in SciVerse without an account, what signing in adds, how signed-in searches use your weekly SciNodes credits, and how to change the theme.", "keywords": [ "SciVerse sign in", "SciVerse without account", "see all search results", "SciVerse search limit", "weekly search budget", "SciVerse dark mode" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Guest vs signed in", "Sign in to SciVerse", "How signed-in searches use your credits", "When your budget is spent", "Change the theme", "Sign out", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Why do I only see 8 results?", "Does SciVerse cost money?", "Can I create an account in SciVerse?", "Does SciVerse remember my searches?", "Related" ], "text": "Use SciVerse as a guest or signed in In short: Without an account you can search SciVerse and see the first 8 results of each search, and browse every ranked list, detail page and keyword page. Sign in with your SciNodes account to see every result, 25 per page, and to use Add to SciNodes. Each signed-in search uses a small amount of your weekly SciNodes credit budget. Browsing lists and pages is always free. Guest vs signed in | Guest | Signed in Search results | First 8 for each search, no paging | 25 per page, up to the first 10,000 Filters, sort, type tabs, open searches | Yes | Yes Ranked lists, detail pages, keyword pages | Yes, with paging | Yes, with paging Add to SciNodes | No: opens the sign-in panel | Yes Cost | Free | Each search uses a small amount of your weekly credit budget Theme | Yes | Yes When a guest search has more than 8 matches, a card below the results says \"Showing 8 of N results\" and \"Sign in with your SciNodes account to see every match and explore them further.\" Sign in to SciVerse Click Sign in in the header. Or click Sign in to SciNodes to explore more below your search results. The panel \"Sign in with SciNodes\" opens. It says \"Optional — sign in with your SciNodes account.\" Type your email and password and click Sign in. Or, under \"or continue with\", click Google or Microsoft and finish in the pop-up window. Your name appears in the header. Your current search now shows all results. SciVerse has no sign-up or password reset: No account yet? Create your account at app.scinodes.com/signup. Forgot your password? Reset it at app.scinodes.com/forgot-password. Signing in to SciVerse doesn't sign you in to the SciNodes app or Academy. One sign-in for every product is planned (coming soon). See Single sign-on. How signed-in searches use your credits SciNodes gives every account one weekly credit budget for AI and search features. In SciVerse: Each signed-in search request is charged a small flat amount, before it runs. Results refresh as you type, after a short pause. Each refresh is a search. Changing the page, sort, type tab or a filter also runs the search again. Free: ranked lists, detail pages, keyword pages, and the type-ahead suggestions in Refine by. Searching by name inside a ranked list counts as a search. Refused searches aren't charged. If your budget is spent, the search is refused and costs nothing. Failed searches are still charged. A search that fails after it starts isn't refunded. Resets weekly on Sunday at 00:00 UTC. Unused credits don't roll over. To see what you've used, open Usage limits in the SciNodes app. See Credits and usage. When your budget is spent You see \"Your weekly search budget is spent\" with \"Signed-in searches draw on your SciNodes weekly AI budget, and this week's is used up. Searching resumes date.\" If no date is available, it says \"It resets on Sunday at 00:00 UTC.\" Until then, you can still browse ranked lists, detail pages and keyword pages. You can also sign out and search as a" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/keywords", "title": "Browse popular research keywords", "description": "Browse the most-cited research keywords in SciVerse for free and open any keyword to see the publications tagged with it.", "keywords": [ "popular research keywords", "most cited keywords", "publications by keyword", "research keyword list", "SciVerse keywords", "browse research topics" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Open popular keywords", "What a keyword page shows", "Keywords and topics", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How are popular keywords ranked?", "Can I search for a keyword?", "Why does the list stop at 50 keywords?", "Do keyword pages use credits?", "Related" ], "text": "Browse popular research keywords In short: In SciVerse, Keywords in the footer opens \"Popular keywords\": the 50 most-cited keywords in the catalog, each with the number of publications that carry it. Click a keyword to open its page, which lists those publications 25 per page. Topic tags on search results also open keyword pages. Keyword pages are free and need no sign-in. Open popular keywords Go to sciverse.scinodes.com. Scroll to the footer. Under Browse by topic, click Keywords. You can also go straight to sciverse.scinodes.com/keywords. The page \"Popular keywords\" says \"Ranked by total citations — select one to explore its publications.\" Each chip shows a keyword and how many publications carry it. Click a chip to open the keyword's page. What a keyword page shows The label \"Keyword\" and the keyword itself. \"N publications\": the catalog's total for this keyword. The publications, 25 per page, with Next → and ← Previous. Each card shows the year, citations, badges and topic tags, and has Add to SciNodes. \"← Back to keywords\" to return to the list. A keyword page address is the keyword in lowercase with hyphens, for example /keyword/machine-learning. You can type an address like this to go straight to a keyword. If it isn't a keyword in the catalog, you see \"Keyword not found\". Keywords and topics SciVerse has both keywords and topics. They overlap but aren't the same. | Keywords | Topics Where you see them | Keywords page, keyword pages | Topic tags on cards, the Topics search tab, the Topics filter Clickable page | Yes | Topic tags open the keyword page with the same name Use as a search filter | No | Yes: Refine by → Topic, or the Topics filter Not every topic is also a keyword. If you click a topic tag and the catalog has no keyword with that name, the keyword page says \"Keyword not found\". Topic pages aren't available yet (coming soon). See Upcoming SciVerse pages. Tips See what a field publishes most: open a keyword, then click Add to SciNodes on the publications you want to analyze. Search within a topic: keywords aren't a search tab. To narrow a search to a topic, use Refine by → Topic → Include. See Filters and sorting. Troubleshooting Message | What it means | What to do \"Keywords are unavailable\" | SciVerse couldn't reach the catalog. | Try again in a moment. \"Keyword not found\" | The catalog has no keyword with that name. Topic tags link here too, and not every topic is a keyword. | Click Browse all keywords, or search the term instead. \"This page is unavailable\" | The keyword page couldn't load. | Try again in a moment. \"Publications unavailable\" | The publication list couldn't load. | Reload the page later. \"No publications found\" | No publications are tagged with this keyword yet. | Try a related keyword or search the term. FAQ How are popular keywords ranked? By total citations: the keywords whose publications are cited most come first. The number on each chip is how many publications carry the keyword. Can I search for a" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/overview", "title": "SciVerse: free search for publications and authors", "description": "SciVerse is a free public search engine for publications, authors, organizations, journals and conferences, built on OpenAlex. No account needed.", "keywords": [ "SciVerse", "free scholarly search engine", "search academic publications", "find most cited authors", "search journals by citations", "OpenAlex search", "research organization rankings" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What you can do in SciVerse", "Run your first search", "Guest or signed in", "Find your way around", "Where the data comes from", "What SciVerse doesn't do", "FAQ", "Is SciVerse free?", "Do I need an account to use SciVerse?", "Where does SciVerse get its data?", "How is SciVerse related to SciNodes?", "Related" ], "text": "SciVerse: free search for publications and authors In short: SciVerse (sciverse.scinodes.com) is a free, public search engine for scholarly publications from SciNodes. Search publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and topics. Filter by year, open access, author, organization, topic or venue. Browse ranked lists of the most-cited authors and organizations and of active journals and conferences. The catalog data comes from OpenAlex. You don't need an account. Signing in with your SciNodes account shows every result and lets you add publications to your SciNodes projects. What you can do in SciVerse I want to… | Go to | Guide Search publications, authors, venues or topics | The search box on the home page | Searching Narrow results by year, open access, author or journal | Filters on the results page | Filters and sorting Find the most-cited authors | Authors in the header | Browsing Find the most-cited research organizations | Organizations in the header | Browsing Find active journals ranked by citations | Journals in the header | Browsing Find active conferences | Conferences in the header | Browsing Browse popular research keywords | Keywords in the footer | Keywords Save a publication to a SciNodes project | Add to SciNodes on a publication | Add to SciNodes Run your first search Go to sciverse.scinodes.com. The home page says \"Explore the scholarly record\". Type a term into the box \"Search publications, authors, organizations, topics…\", for example \"mRNA vaccines\". Optional: click Year to set a range, or Access to tick \"Open access only\". Click Explore. On the results page, click a tab such as Publications or Authors to see one kind of result. Choose Sort → Most cited to put the most-cited results first. Guest or signed in | Guest | Signed in Search results | First 8 for each search | 25 per page, up to the first 10,000 Filters and sorting | Yes | Yes Ranked lists, detail pages and keywords | Yes | Yes Add to SciNodes | No | Yes Cost | Free | Each search uses a small amount of your weekly SciNodes credit budget Details: Guest vs signed in. Find your way around Header: Authors, Organizations, Journals and Conferences open ranked lists. Sign in opens the sign-in panel. Open SciNodes opens the SciNodes app at app.scinodes.com. Footer: links grouped as People & Places (Authors, Research Organizations, Funding Organizations), Publications (Publications, Datasets, Open Access), Venues (Journals, Conferences) and Browse by topic (Keywords, Topics, Sustainable Dev. Goals). Open searches: when you have searches open, an \"Open searches\" bar on other pages takes you back to them. Some footer pages, such as Funding Organizations, Datasets, Topics and Sustainable Dev. Goals, aren't available yet (coming soon). See Upcoming SciVerse pages. Where the data comes from SciVerse searches a catalog built from OpenAlex, an open index of scholarly publications, authors, institutions and venues. Citation and publication counts are the catalog's" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/searching", "title": "Search publications, authors and venues in SciVerse", "description": "Search SciVerse for publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and topics, switch result types, sort by citations and keep searches open.", "keywords": [ "search academic publications free", "scholarly search engine", "search authors by name", "search journals by citations", "find most cited publications", "SciVerse search" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Run a search", "Result types", "What a result card shows", "Sort options", "Keep several searches open", "Limits", "Tips", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "How do I search for an exact author?", "Why can't I see more than 8 results?", "Why can't I go past page 400?", "Can I save a search?", "Related" ], "text": "Search publications, authors and venues in SciVerse In short: Type a term into the search box on sciverse.scinodes.com and click Explore. On the results page, results refresh as you type. Use the tabs All, Publications, Authors, Organizations, Journals, Conferences and Topics to choose the kind of result, and Sort to order them by Relevance, Newest or Most cited. You can keep several searches open as tabs. Run a search Go to sciverse.scinodes.com. Type into \"Search publications, authors, organizations, topics…\", for example \"climate change mitigation\". Click Explore or press Enter. The results page opens. To change the term, edit it in the search box. Results refresh after a short pause. Click a type tab to see only that kind of result. Each tab shows how many matches it has. Open Sort and choose Relevance, Newest or Most cited. If you're signed in and there's more than one page, click Next → or ← Previous. The pager shows \"Page X of Y\". To narrow publication results by year, open access, author, organization, topic, journal or conference, see Filters and sorting. Result types Tab | Shows All | Every kind of result together Publications | Publications, including preprints Authors | Researchers Organizations | Research organizations such as universities and institutes Journals | Journals Conferences | Conferences Topics | Research topics Keywords aren't a search tab. Browse them on the Keywords page instead. What a result card shows Title or name. For authors, organizations, journals and conferences, click it to open the detail page. Publication and topic titles aren't clickable yet (coming soon). Type, such as Publication, Author or Journal. Preprints show \"Preprint\". A subtitle line, such as authors, an affiliation or a venue. Counts: the year for publications, \"N citations\", and \"N publications\" for authors, organizations and venues. Large numbers are shortened, for example \"102K\". Badges: \"Open access\" and \"Retracted\". Topic tags. Click one to open the keyword page with that name. Not every topic is also a keyword. Add to SciNodes on publication cards. See Add to SciNodes. Sort options Sort | Order Relevance | Best match to your search term first (default) Newest | Most recent first Most cited | Highest citation count first Keep several searches open Click + New above the search box. A blank tab called \"New search\" opens. Type a term. The tab takes the name of your search. Click a tab to switch back. Each tab keeps its own term, type tab, filters and sort. When two or more searches are open, click ✕ on a tab to close it, or Close all to close every tab. SciVerse asks \"Close all searches?\" first. When you move to another SciVerse page, the \"Open searches\" bar lists your searches. Click one to return to it. Open searches last while you stay on SciVerse in the same browser tab. Reloading the page clears them. Limits Limit | Value Results shown to guests | First 8 for each search, no paging Results per page when signed in | 25 Results you can page" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/sciverse/upcoming-pages", "title": "Coming to SciVerse: publication, topic and SDG pages", "description": "SciVerse pages that aren't available yet: publication and topic pages, funding organizations, open access, datasets and Sustainable Development Goals.", "keywords": [ "SciVerse publication page", "SciVerse topic page", "research funding organizations", "open access publications", "research datasets", "Sustainable Development Goals research" ], "status": "upcoming", "headings": [ "Pages that aren't available yet", "Also coming to SciVerse", "What works today", "FAQ", "Why does a SciVerse page show only a heading?", "Why can't I click a publication title in SciVerse?", "Can I browse publications by Sustainable Development Goal?", "When will these pages be available?", "Related" ], "text": "Coming to SciVerse: publication, topic and SDG pages [Coming soon] This feature is built but not yet available in SciNodes. Details may change. In short: Several SciVerse pages exist as addresses but show only a heading today: publication and topic pages, funding organizations, open access, datasets and the Sustainable Development Goals. When they launch, publication and topic results are expected to link to their own pages. Until then, use search, filters, ranked lists and keyword pages, which all work today. Pages that aren't available yet Page | Address | What to use today Publication | /publication | The publication's search result card: authors, year, citations, badges and Add to SciNodes Publications | /publications | Search, then the Publications tab Topic | /topic | The Topics search tab, Refine by → Topic, or keyword pages Funding Organizations | /funding-organizations | Not available yet Open Access | /open-access | The Open access only filter Datasets | /data-sets and /data-set | Not available yet Sustainable Development Goals | /sdg and one page per goal | Not available yet The footer already links to Publications, Datasets, Open Access, Funding Organizations, Topics and Sustainable Dev. Goals. Those links open a page with only a heading. The 17 goal pages are No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and Partnerships for the Goals. Also coming to SciVerse Clickable publication and topic titles. Today, author, organization, journal, conference and keyword results link to their pages. Publication and topic titles don't link anywhere yet. Creating a SciNodes project from SciVerse. Today, Add to SciNodes adds to an existing project only. Create the project in the SciNodes app first. What works today Search publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and topics. Filter publications by year, open access, author, organization, topic, journal or conference. Browse ranked lists of authors, organizations, journals and conferences, and open their detail pages. Browse popular keywords. Add publications to a SciNodes project. FAQ Why does a SciVerse page show only a heading? That page isn't available yet. It's one of the pages listed above. Use the alternative in the table. Why can't I click a publication title in SciVerse? Publication pages aren't available yet. The result card shows the main details, and Add to SciNodes saves the publication to a project where you can see everything. Can I browse publications by Sustainable Development Goal? Not yet. The goal pages exist but have no content. For now, search for the goal's theme, for example \"clean water and sanitation\"." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/ask-ai-about-your-research", "title": "Ask AI about your research", "description": "Chat with a SciNodes research assistant about a map, cluster, node or publication: pick an assistant, control what it can see and check its answers.", "keywords": [ "AI research assistant", "chat with PDF", "ask AI about publications", "AI literature summary", "chat with research map", "summarize publications with AI", "research chatbot" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Start a chat about the right thing", "2. Choose an assistant", "3. Control what the assistant can see", "4. Ask, mention and set the language", "5. Check and keep good answers", "Troubleshooting", "Tips", "FAQ", "Which assistant should I use?", "Can the assistant read the full text of a publication?", "Can I chat about several publications at once?", "Are the assistant's citations reliable?", "Related" ], "text": "Ask AI about your research In short: Start a chat from what you're looking at: Chat with this map, Chat about this … on a cluster or node, or Chat about this on a publication. The research assistant answers using what the chat is about, including the publication's PDF text if SciNodes holds a copy, plus your notes and highlights. Pick an assistant (Sage is the default), set the reply language, and always check answers against the publications. Every reply uses your weekly credits. Before you start AI answers can be wrong, including invented citations. They aren't professional advice. Check important claims against the publication itself. Chats use your weekly credit budget. See Credits and usage. 1. Start a chat about the right thing You want to ask about | Where to start A whole map | Map overview → Chat with this map A cluster (topic, research group, front) | Click the cluster → Chat about this … A node (term, author, publication, venue) | Click the node → Chat about this …, or right-click it → Chat A publication in your library | ⋯ menu → Chat about this, or ask in its detail panel and click Open in Assistant Anything in the project | Research Assistants tab → New chat Something outside a project | Quick Chat in the left sidebar When you create a map from a question, SciNodes opens a \"Chat with this map\" thread that starts with your question. If you've chatted about something before, the button reads Continue chat. Details: Chats · Quick Chat 2. Choose an assistant Pick an assistant in the chat. Higher tiers spend more credits per reply. Assistant | Tier | Notes Atlas | Expert | Locked, not available yet Sage | Superior | Default Vega | Standard | Uses fewer credits than Sage Nova | Budget | Uses the fewest credits Details: Assistants and credits 3. Control what the assistant can see Open the chat's About panel to see what the chat is about and what's \"In view\" for each item. A chat can be about up to 12 things: maps, nodes, publications and files. For a publication, the assistant sees its PDF text if SciNodes holds a copy, plus your notes and highlights on it. To add a publication, click Attach → Attach a publication from the library. To add a file, click Attach → Attach a file. Send a message first, because a file belongs to the chat itself. To take something out, right-click it in About and choose Remove from about. Files | Limit or behavior Size and count | 32 MB per file, 10 files per chat Read by the assistant | PDF, TXT, MD, CSV, TSV, JSON, YAML, LOG, BIB, RIS Stored but not read | DOCX, DOC, XLSX, PPTX, PNG, JPG, GIF, WEBP, ZIP The first question about a publication you've never chatted about can take up to about 20 seconds while the assistant reads its PDF. Long full texts use more credits. Details: Attachments and what's in view 4. Ask, mention and set the language Type your question. Press Enter to send and Shift + Enter for a new line. Type @ to mention a map element, such as a cluster or node, so the assistant knows exactly what" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/bring-your-reference-library", "title": "Bring your reference library", "description": "Import your Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote library, or exports from Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Dimensions or Lens, into a SciNodes project.", "keywords": [ "import Zotero library", "import Mendeley library", "import EndNote library", "upload BibTeX", "upload RIS file", "import Scopus export", "import Web of Science export", "upload PDFs" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Export from your current tool", "2a. Start a new project from your library", "2b. Add your library to an existing project", "3. Check the results", "4. Add PDFs", "Limits", "Troubleshooting", "FAQ", "Can I import my Zotero or Mendeley library?", "Do I need at least 50 publications?", "What happens to duplicates?", "Can I upload a folder with subfolders?", "Related" ], "text": "Bring your reference library In short: Export your library from your reference manager or database as RIS or BibTeX (or another supported format), then upload it. For a new project, choose Build on my existing library in the New Project wizard. For an existing project, use Library → Add Publications → Upload Anything. You can also upload PDFs, ZIP files and whole folders. SciNodes detects each format from the file's content. Before you start Uploading looks up catalog details for each publication, which uses your weekly credits. If your budget is spent, uploads still work, but publications are saved without catalog details. See Credits and usage. Check that your files are in a supported format (below). 1. Export from your current tool Use your tool's export feature and pick one of the formats SciNodes reads: You use | Choose a format such as Zotero, Mendeley | RIS or BibTeX EndNote | RIS, BibTeX or EndNote (.enw) Scopus, Dimensions, Lens | RIS, BibTeX or CSV Web of Science | Web of Science (.ciw), RIS or BibTeX PubMed | PubMed (.nbib) A folder of PDFs | Upload the PDFs, a ZIP or the whole folder SciNodes recognizes exports from Dimensions, Lens, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science automatically. Supported formats: PDF, RIS, BibTeX (.bib, .bibtex), PubMed (.nbib), EndNote (.enw), Web of Science (.ciw), CSV, TSV, Excel (.xlsx), plain text (.txt), ZIP files, and folders with nested subfolders. Details: Uploading files 2a. Start a new project from your library Click + New Project, type a Project title (at least 4 characters) and pick your research focus. Choose Build on my existing library (\"Upload PDFs or a reference export (RIS / BibTeX)\"). Drop your files or folder onto the drop zone. Under \"How to continue\", choose one: Use these as seeds (default): \"SciNodes expands your library with related publications it finds.\" Best when your library is small or you want a fuller picture of the field. Only these publications: build from your library alone. This needs at least 50 publications, and you must tick \"I'm an expert user. I know what I'm doing\". Best when your set is already curated, for example a screened review corpus. Click Import Library and Create Project. Prefer to describe your topic instead? Click Suggest me publications under the options. Details: Creating projects 2b. Add your library to an existing project Open the project and the Library tab. Click Add Publications → Upload Anything. Drop your files, ZIP or folder. Under Add to, choose My references + corpus (file them in your library and add them to the corpus) or Corpus only. Click Add N publications. Details: Adding publications · Folders 3. Check the results SciNodes lists each file with its status as it works: Status | Meaning Waiting… / Reading the PDF… / Looking up metadata… | Still working Added / Imported | Done Duplicate / Already in the corpus | That publication is already in this corpus, or appeared twice in your upload. It isn't added again. Not supported | SciNodes doesn't" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/choose-where-to-publish", "title": "Choose where to publish", "description": "Shortlist journals and conferences for your manuscript with venue maps, saved and suggested venues, and SciVerse journal and conference rankings.", "keywords": [ "where to publish", "choose a journal", "journal finder", "find conferences in my field", "journal selection", "target journal", "venue analysis" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Which venue map answers which question?", "1. Build a venue map", "2. Read the venue map", "3. Save and grow your shortlist", "4. Check venues on SciVerse", "Tips", "FAQ", "How do I find the right journal for my manuscript?", "Can I find conferences as well as journals?", "Which journals are similar to my target journal?", "Why is my venue map empty?", "Related" ], "text": "Choose where to publish In short: Build a map with Venues as the unit to see which journals and conferences carry your field and how they relate. Ask \"Where should I publish this work?\" in the Map queries bar for a recommended venue map. Save candidates with Save venue, ask Suggest venues for more, and check each one on SciVerse under Journals or Conferences. In SciNodes, a venue is a journal, conference, workshop or symposium. Before you start Create a project whose corpus matches the topic of your manuscript. One way: export the publications your manuscript cites from your reference manager as RIS or BibTeX, then start a project with Build on my existing library and Use these as seeds. See Bring your reference library. Venue maps of the Citation, Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling types need reference data. See Empty maps and reference data. Which venue map answers which question? Your question (type it in the Map queries bar) | Map type | Unit \"Where should I publish this work?\" | Citation, Co-citation or Bibliographic Coupling | Venues / Cited Venues \"Which journals are closest to the one I am targeting?\" | Bibliographic Coupling or Co-citation | Venues / Cited Venues \"Which journals draw on the same literature as my work?\" | Bibliographic Coupling | Venues \"Which journals carry the most weight in this literature?\" | Citation or Co-citation | Venues / Cited Venues \"Which newer venues are gaining ground in this area?\" | Bibliographic Coupling or Citation | Venues \"Which journals publish across disciplinary boundaries?\" | Co-citation or Bibliographic Coupling | Cited Venues / Venues \"Is this literature concentrated in a few journals?\" | Citation or Co-citation | Venues / Cited Venues \"Where do methods publications in this field get published?\" | Bibliographic Coupling | Venues More questions are in the Query Bank under Journals & Venues. Which type? Bibliographic Coupling links venues whose publications cite the same publications, so it finds venues that share your literature. Co-citation links venues cited together, so it shows a field's established outlets. Citation links venues that cite each other, so it shows where influence flows. 1. Build a venue map Open the Research Maps tab. Type \"Where should I publish this work?\" into the Map queries bar and click Map this question. Pick the Recommended option and click Explore with map. Or open Expert Mode, choose a Map Type, open its settings (for example Citation Settings), set Unit of Analysis to Venue (or Cited venue for Co-citation) and click Plot Map. Details: Create a map from a question · Expert Mode 2. Read the venue map Clusters group related venues. They're called Disciplinary Cluster on Citation maps, Field on Co-citation maps and Field Front on Bibliographic Coupling maps. Find a venue you know, then look at its neighbors. Venues in the same cluster share an audience or a literature. Size nodes by importance under Node Config → Weightage. On a Citation map, In-degree (citation" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/explore-without-an-account", "title": "Explore without an account", "description": "Search and browse SciVerse and read SciNodes Academy without signing in, then sign in to see every result and add publications to a project.", "keywords": [ "free scholarly search", "search publications without account", "SciVerse guest", "browse most cited authors", "free research database", "try SciNodes free" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "What you can do as a guest", "1. Search the scholarly record", "2. Browse rankings", "3. Learn the methods", "4. Sign in to go further", "5. Send publications to a project", "Tips", "FAQ", "Is SciVerse free?", "Why do I only see 8 results?", "Do I need an account to read SciNodes Academy?", "Can I try the SciNodes app without signing up?", "Related" ], "text": "Explore without an account In short: You can use SciVerse without signing in to search publications, authors, organizations, journals, conferences and topics, and to browse ranked lists of authors, organizations, venues and keywords. As a guest you see the first 8 results of each search. SciNodes Academy and these docs are free to read too. Sign in with a SciNodes account to see every result and click Add to SciNodes to send publications to a project. What you can do as a guest Product | Without an account | Needs an account SciVerse search | First 8 results per search | Every result, 25 per page with paging SciVerse browse | Ranked lists and detail pages | SciVerse Add to SciNodes | | Yes, plus an existing project Academy | Read every course, lesson and article | Save courses, mark lessons complete, track progress SciNodes app | | Yes Support | File a ticket | Request High or Urgent priority, keep access to your tickets 1. Search the scholarly record Go to sciverse.scinodes.com. Type into \"Search publications, authors, organizations, topics…\" and click Explore. Use the type tabs (All, Publications, Authors, Organizations, Journals, Conferences, Topics) to narrow the results. For publications, filter by Publication year, tick Open access only, or use Refine by to include or exclude authors, organizations, topics, journals or conferences. Sort by Relevance, Newest or Most cited. As a guest you see \"Showing 8 of N results\". Click Sign in to SciNodes to explore more to see the rest. SciVerse data comes from OpenAlex. Guest searches don't use any credits. Details: SciVerse overview · Searching · Filters and sorting 2. Browse rankings Use the links in the SciVerse header: Authors: \"Most-cited authors\" Organizations: \"Most-cited organizations\" Journals: \"Active journals\", still publishing and ranked by total citations Conferences: \"Active conferences\" Each list shows 25 entries per page. Open any entry for its citation count, publication count, topic tags and publications. For topics, open Keywords in the footer to see \"Popular keywords\". Details: Browsing authors, organizations and venues · Keywords 3. Learn the methods SciNodes Academy has courses and articles on bibliometrics and research mapping. All content is public. Sign in only if you want to save courses and track your progress. Details: Learn bibliometrics · Academy overview 4. Sign in to go further Create a free account at app.scinodes.com. SciVerse doesn't have its own sign-up or password reset. See Create your account. On SciVerse, click Sign in and use your SciNodes email and password, or Google or Microsoft. Once signed in, each SciVerse search uses credits from your weekly AI budget. Browsing lists and opening detail pages doesn't. See Guest vs signed in. For now, sign in to each product (the app, SciVerse, Academy) separately with the same account. Signing in once for all of them isn't available yet (coming soon). See Single sign-on. 5. Send publications to a project In the SciNodes" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/find-authors-and-collaborators", "title": "Find authors and collaborators", "description": "Find key authors, research groups, partner institutions and potential collaborators with co-authorship and citation maps, saved authors and SciVerse.", "keywords": [ "find collaborators", "co-authorship network", "find experts in a field", "key authors in research area", "research groups map", "institutional collaboration analysis", "potential reviewers" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Which map answers which people question?", "1. Build a co-authorship map", "2. Read the network", "3. Save the people you want to follow", "4. Get author suggestions", "5. Look people up on SciVerse", "Tips", "FAQ", "How do I find potential collaborators in my field?", "How do I fix the same author appearing under different names?", "What is the difference between a co-authorship map and a co-citation map of authors?", "Can I see an author's full publication list?", "Related" ], "text": "Find authors and collaborators In short: Build a Co-authorship map to see who publishes together: its clusters are research groups, and its units can be Authors, Organizations or Countries. Use citation-based author maps to see whose work is most influential. Save the people you want to follow with Save author, let Suggest authors propose more, and look anyone up on SciVerse. Before you start Create a project with a corpus on your topic. See Run a literature review. Co-authorship maps use author lists, so they work straight away. Citation, co-citation and coupling maps of authors need reference data first. See Empty maps and reference data. Which map answers which people question? Your question (type it in the Map queries bar) | Map type | Unit \"Who are the most influential authors in this area?\" | Citation, Co-citation or Co-authorship | Authors / Cited Authors \"Whose work is this field built on?\" | Co-citation | Cited Authors \"Which sub-communities exist, and who bridges them?\" | Co-authorship | Authors \"Who connects otherwise separate groups in this field?\" | Co-authorship | Authors \"Which researchers are rising rather than established?\" | Co-authorship or Bibliographic Coupling | Authors \"Who could review or examine this work?\" | Citation or Co-authorship | Authors \"Which institutions should I collaborate with?\" | Co-authorship | Organizations \"Which institutions work on this but never together?\" | Bibliographic Coupling | Organizations \"Which countries lead this research area?\" | Co-authorship | Countries Browse more in the Query Bank under Authors & Groups and Institutions & Places. 1. Build a co-authorship map From a question: type a question from the table into the Map queries bar, click Map this question, pick an option and click Explore with map. In Expert Mode, for full control: Open the Research Maps tab and open Expert Mode. Enter a Map Name and set Map Type to Co-authorship. Open Co-authorship Settings and choose a Unit of Analysis: Author, Organization or Country. For authors, turn on Merge name variants. It treats \"J. Smith\", \"John Smith\" and \"J Smith\" as one author. Optional: under Thresholds, set Author cut-off (per publication), for example 25. This skips publications with very many authors, such as large consortium publications, which can distort the network. Optional: set Min publications so only authors with enough publications appear. Click Plot Map. Details: Expert Mode · Map types 2. Read the network Each cluster is a Research Group (authors), Institutional Network (organizations) or Regional Cluster (countries). Edges are collaborations. Click a node to see its co-authors, publications and metrics. Change what node size shows under Node Config → Weightage: Metric | Use it to find Publications | The most prolific authors or institutions Degree (links) | Those with the most distinct collaborators Betweenness centrality | Brokers who connect otherwise separate groups Eigenvector centrality | People connected to other" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/find-influential-publications", "title": "Find influential publications", "description": "Find the most cited, foundational and current publications in a field with citation, co-citation and bibliographic coupling maps in SciNodes.", "keywords": [ "find influential publications", "most cited publications", "foundational publications", "seminal publications in a field", "co-citation analysis", "bibliographic coupling research front", "citation network analysis" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "Which map finds which publications?", "1. Build the map", "2. Size nodes by influence", "3. Inspect the key publications", "4. Add missing classics to your corpus", "5. Read and keep the best ones", "Tips", "FAQ", "Why is my citation map empty?", "How do I find the most cited publications in my field?", "Why does a co-citation map show publications I don't have?", "What is a research front?", "Related" ], "text": "Find influential publications In short: Use three map types to find a field's key publications. A Citation map shows which publications your corpus cites most. A Co-citation map of Cited Publications shows the foundations, including classics that aren't in your corpus yet. A Bibliographic Coupling map of Publications shows the current research fronts. All three need reference data, which you fetch once per project with Fetch reference data. Before you start Create a project with a corpus on your topic. See Run a literature review or Map a new research field. Publications imported from the catalog don't include their reference data. The first citation-based map you build offers Fetch reference data. It runs once per project and takes a few minutes. See Empty maps and reference data. Which map finds which publications? You want | Map type | Unit | Ask in the Map queries bar The most cited publications in your corpus | Citation | Publications | \"Which publications are most cited in this literature?\" The intellectual foundations | Co-citation | Cited Publications | \"What are the intellectual foundations of this field?\" Schools of thought | Co-citation | Cited Publications or Cited Authors | \"Which schools of thought divide this field?\" The current research front | Bibliographic Coupling | Publications | \"Which publications form the current research front?\" Older publications still in use | Citation | Publications | \"Which older publications are still being cited today?\" A reading order | Citation or Co-citation | Publications | \"In what order should I read the key publications?\" Overlooked publications | Citation or Bibliographic Coupling | Publications | \"Which publications in this corpus have gone unnoticed?\" Co-citation or bibliographic coupling? Co-citation links two publications that later publications cite together, so it looks back at the foundations. Bibliographic coupling links two publications that cite the same earlier publications, so recent publications group together straight away. Use co-citation for the canon and coupling for what people are working on now. 1. Build the map Open the Research Maps tab. Type one of the questions above into the Map queries bar and click Map this question. In \"How do you want to answer this?\", pick the option marked Recommended and click Explore with map. If SciNodes says reference data is missing, click Fetch reference data, wait for it to finish, then build the map again. To set the type and unit yourself, use Expert Mode: choose the Map Type, open its settings (for example Co-citation Settings), pick the Unit of Analysis (such as Publication or Cited publication), then click Plot Map. Details: Create a map from a question · Expert Mode · Building a map 2. Size nodes by influence On citation-based maps, nodes are often the same size until you choose what size measures. Open the configuration panel and expand Node Config. Click Weightage and pick a metric: Metric | Map types | Shows In-degree (citation" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/learn-bibliometrics", "title": "Learn bibliometrics", "description": "Learn bibliometric and science-mapping methods with SciNodes Academy courses and articles, then practice them on your own corpus in SciNodes.", "keywords": [ "learn bibliometrics", "bibliometric analysis course", "science mapping tutorial", "co-citation analysis tutorial", "scientometrics for beginners", "research mapping course" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Find a course", "2. Take a course", "3. Track your progress", "4. Read articles", "5. Practice in SciNodes", "Tips", "FAQ", "Is SciNodes Academy free?", "Do I get a certificate?", "Where should a beginner start?", "Can I get emails about new courses?", "Related" ], "text": "Learn bibliometrics In short: SciNodes Academy teaches bibliometrics and science mapping through short courses made of lessons, plus articles from the SciNodes team. All content is free to read without an account. Sign in to save courses, mark lessons complete and track your progress in My learning. Then practice each method on your own corpus with the matching SciNodes map. Before you start Open Academy at academy.scinodes.com, or in the SciNodes app click the Help (?) menu → Learn. To track progress, sign in with your SciNodes account. See Create your account. 1. Find a course Click Courses in the Academy header. Search with \"Search courses…\", or click a track chip to filter by track. Use Available now to hide courses that are still being written, or Coming soon to see what's planned. Switch between Grid and List views. Courses are grouped into tracks. Open a track to see its summary and courses. Details: Academy overview · Courses and lessons 2. Take a course Open a course. Its page shows the number of lessons and the total reading time. Click Start learning. Later visits show Continue, or Review course once you've finished. Read each lesson (\"Lesson X of Y\") and click Mark as complete at the end. Click Next lesson → to move on. Check Further reading on the course page for related articles. Click Save for later to keep a course on your Saved list. A course marked Coming soon may have no lessons yet. Save it and come back. 3. Track your progress When signed in, click My learning in the header to see: Courses started, courses completed, lessons completed and minutes learned \"Pick up where you left off\", with a Continue button Your in-progress and completed courses Click Saved to see your saved courses. Details: My learning and saved 4. Read articles Click Articles in the header for notes, methods and arguments from the SciNodes team. Search with \"Search articles…\" or filter by tag. Some articles also appear as further reading on a course. Details: Articles 5. Practice in SciNodes Each method you learn has a matching map in SciNodes. Build it on your own corpus: Method | Practice with | Guide Topic and keyword analysis | Term Co-occurrence or Keyword Co-occurrence map | Map a new research field Co-citation analysis | Co-citation map of Cited Publications or Cited Authors | Find influential publications Bibliographic coupling | Bibliographic Coupling map of Publications | Find influential publications Citation analysis | Citation map | Map types Collaboration analysis | Co-authorship map of Authors, Organizations or Countries | Find authors and collaborators Network metrics | Node Config → Weightage (degree, betweenness, closeness, eigenvector) | Reading a map Change over time | Timeline mode | Timeline mode Not sure which map fits? Ask \"Which type of map should I build for my question?\" or \"Which node metric should I size this map by?\" in the Map queries bar. Tips Learn the terms as you go. The Glossary explains SciNodes words such as corpus," }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/literature-review", "title": "Run a literature review", "description": "A step-by-step literature review workflow in SciNodes: gather publications, map the field, read and annotate, collect evidence and export citations.", "keywords": [ "literature review tool", "how to do a literature review", "systematic literature review software", "bibliometric literature review", "review of literature AI" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Gather your publications", "2. Screen and organize the corpus", "3. Map the field", "4. Read and annotate key publications", "5. Collect evidence in Research in Formation", "6. Write and cite", "Tips", "FAQ", "Can SciNodes do a systematic literature review?", "How many publications can a project hold?", "Can I import my existing Zotero or Mendeley library?", "Does SciNodes find full-text PDFs?", "Related" ], "text": "Run a literature review In short: In SciNodes, a literature review has five stages. First, gather publications into a project with Suggest, Discover or your own library. Second, map the field to see its topics, foundations and research fronts. Third, read and annotate the key publications. Fourth, collect evidence in Research in Formation. Fifth, write notes and export a bibliography in your citation style. Each stage below links to a detailed guide. Before you start You need a SciNodes account. See Create your account. Use a desktop browser. The app doesn't run on phones yet. AI steps such as Suggest, the research assistant and author suggestions use your weekly credits. See Credits and usage. 1. Gather your publications Open app.scinodes.com and click + New Project. Type a Project title of at least 4 characters, for example \"Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems\". Under Current research focus, pick Literature Review. You can pick up to 3. Optional: write a short description, then click Tidy up my wording to have AI fix terminology and grammar. Choose how to gather publications: Suggest publications for me: describe your topic. SciNodes AI plans several catalog searches, merges the best results and shows you a preview before adding them (up to 800). This is the fastest start. Discover with SciVerse: write your own search. Set a year range, then include or exclude authors, organizations, topics, journals or conferences. Click Add another query to combine up to 10 searches. Use this when you know your search terms. Build on my existing library: upload your PDFs or a RIS or BibTeX export. Choose Use these as seeds to let SciNodes add related publications. Choose Only these publications to keep strictly to your set, which needs at least 50. Click the button at the bottom, for example Add Suggested Publications and Create Project. SciNodes opens the project and builds your Initial Map automatically. You can keep working while large projects build in the background. For a systematic review, use Discover with SciVerse with explicit queries and keep your own log of queries and dates. SciNodes also records each catalog search so you can re-run it later from Expand corpus in Expert Mode. Details: Creating projects · Discover and Suggest · Bring your reference library 2. Screen and organize the corpus Open the Library tab. Use the search box and Filters (tags, date range, authors, abstract available) to review what you have. Create Folders for screening decisions such as \"Include\", \"Exclude\" and \"Maybe\". A publication can sit in several folders. Select publications (Shift-click for a range, Ctrl or Cmd-click to add one) and use Move to or Copy to a folder. Use Remove from corpus to drop publications that are clearly out of scope. This can't be undone. Spotted gaps? Use Add Publications → Discover, or re-run the searches that built the corpus from Expert Mode → Expand corpus (up to 100 new publications per run). Details: Folders · Searching and filtering ·" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/map-a-new-field", "title": "Map a new research field", "description": "Get oriented in an unfamiliar research field: gather publications, see its main topics as clusters, learn its vocabulary and spot emerging themes.", "keywords": [ "map a research field", "research topic map", "find main research themes", "emerging research topics", "term co-occurrence map", "keyword co-occurrence analysis", "new research area overview" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Gather a starting set of publications", "2. Read the Initial Map", "3. Ask the questions a newcomer asks", "4. Learn the vocabulary", "5. See which topics are new", "6. Clean up and keep what you learn", "Tips", "FAQ", "What is the best map to see the main topics of a field?", "How do I find emerging research topics?", "Why are some terms too generic?", "Can I combine two terms that mean the same thing?", "Related" ], "text": "Map a new research field In short: To get oriented in a field you don't know yet, create a project with Suggest publications for me and let SciNodes build its Initial Map, a term co-occurrence map whose colored clusters are the field's main topics. Then ask questions such as \"What are the main research themes in this field?\" in the Map queries bar, look up unfamiliar terms with Definition, and turn on Timeline to see which topics are new. Each stage below links to a detailed guide. Before you start You need a SciNodes account and a desktop browser. See Create your account. Suggest, term definitions and the research assistant use your weekly credits. See Credits and usage. 1. Gather a starting set of publications When you don't know a field's search terms yet, let SciNodes plan the searches for you. Open app.scinodes.com and click + New Project. Type a Project title of at least 4 characters. Under Current research focus, pick Ideation or Literature Review. Choose Suggest publications for me and describe the field in a sentence or two under \"What's this project about?\". Click Add Suggested Publications and Create Project. SciNodes shows the searches it plans under \"Searching for:\" and a preview of the top results, then adds the merged set (up to 800 publications) and opens the project. Remove clearly off-topic publications later in the Library. If you already know good search terms, use Discover with SciVerse instead. Details: Creating projects · Discover and Suggest 2. Read the Initial Map SciNodes opens the project on Research Maps and builds a first map called Initial Map automatically. It's a Term Co-occurrence map: terms from titles and abstracts, linked when they appear in the same publication. Look at the colored groups. Each cluster is a Topic. Larger nodes are more important terms. Click a cluster to see its top nodes, size, cohesion and density. Click Chat about this … in the cluster panel to have a research assistant summarize the topic. Open Composition (the cluster legend) to rename a cluster once you know what it's about. Click any term node to see the publications behind it. Details: Map types · Reading a map 3. Ask the questions a newcomer asks Type a question into the Map queries bar, click Map this question, pick an option and click Explore with map. These questions from the built-in catalog work well for a new field: Question | Map SciNodes usually suggests \"What are the main research themes in this field?\" | Term Co-occurrence (titles and abstracts) \"Which terms must a newcomer learn first?\" | Term Co-occurrence or Keyword Co-occurrence \"Which subfields does this corpus actually contain?\" | Keyword Co-occurrence (Author Keywords) \"Which topics are emerging rather than established?\" | Term Co-occurrence \"How has the field's topic structure changed over time?\" | Term Co-occurrence, then Timeline \"Where are the gaps and under-connected topics?\" | Term Co-occurrence \"Which MeSH descriptors dominate this corpus?\" | Keyword" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/read-annotate-and-collect-evidence", "title": "Read, annotate and collect evidence", "description": "Read publication PDFs in SciNodes, highlight and comment, and collect evidence into research objects in Research in Formation to build your argument.", "keywords": [ "annotate PDF", "highlight PDF online", "read publications online", "collect evidence from literature", "research notes from PDF", "PDF annotation for research", "Research in Formation" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "1. Open the publication's PDF", "2. Read in the PDF viewer", "3. Highlight, comment and RIF", "4. Review your notes", "5. Collect evidence in Research in Formation", "6. Shape your argument", "Ask about what you're reading", "Tips", "FAQ", "Can SciNodes find the full-text PDF for me?", "Where do my highlights go?", "Can I download a PDF with my annotations?", "What is a research object?", "Related" ], "text": "Read, annotate and collect evidence In short: Open a publication, get its PDF with View PDF, Fetch PDF or Upload PDF, then select text and choose Highlight, Comment or RIF it. Highlights and comments are saved to the project's notes automatically. RIF it adds the passage as evidence to a research object in Research in Formation, where you arrange your ideas and turn them into a working note with Expand into Working Note. 1. Open the publication's PDF Click a publication in the Library tab, or click a publication node on a map. Use the one PDF action SciNodes offers: Button | When you see it | What it does View PDF | SciNodes already holds a copy | Opens the PDF viewer Fetch PDF | An open-access copy can be found | Fetches it in the background. You'll see \"PDF fetched.\" when it's ready. Upload PDF | Neither of the above | Lets you add your own copy (up to 64 MB) You can keep working while a fetch runs. If it fails, you'll get a \"PDF unavailable\" notification. Upload your own copy instead. Details: Fetching and uploading PDFs 2. Read in the PDF viewer The toolbar has page navigation, zoom, Fit width, Download PDF and Open original. Click Annotations to list your highlights and comments on this publication. Once you've annotated, Download PDF saves a copy with your annotations. Details: PDF viewer 3. Highlight, comment and RIF Select a passage of text. Choose an action: Highlight: marks the passage in the color you pick. Right-click a highlight later to change its color. Comment: adds your own remark to the passage. RIF it: adds the passage as evidence to a research object (see step 5). Highlights and comments are saved to the project's notes automatically. A highlight appears in Notes as \"Highlight (p. N) — Title\". Details: Highlights and comments 4. Review your notes Open the Notes tab. Switch between Sticky notes and Graph views. The graph shows notes, comments, highlights and folders. Open a note to edit it. The Sources bar shows what it's attached to, such as a publication, map node or cluster. Organize notes into folders and give them colors. Details: Notes · Note editor 5. Collect evidence in Research in Formation Research in Formation (RIF) holds research objects: the concepts, theories, methods, publications, authors and other things your argument rests on. Each one gathers its evidence. Click RIF it on a PDF passage, a publication, a map node or a chat answer. In the Add to RIF dialog, either: search under \"Search existing Research Objects\" and add the evidence to one, or click + Create New Research Object. Click Create Research Object, or Save for Review to decide later. Open the Research in Formation tab. Items you saved for review wait in the Pending review queue. Click Review to file them. Details: Research in Formation 6. Shape your argument On the RIF stage, pick a layout: Concentric circle, Box or Pyramid. Place objects at the Focus, Secondary or Background level. Open an object's Research Record to see its type, origin, evidence" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/research-in-another-language", "title": "Research in another language", "description": "Get AI replies, term definitions and publication translations in one of 20 languages in SciNodes, while the interface stays in English.", "keywords": [ "research in my language", "translate abstract", "translate publication title", "AI assistant language", "multilingual research tool", "non-English publications", "term definition translation" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Supported languages", "What each setting changes", "1. Set your languages", "2. Read term definitions in your language", "3. Translate a publication's title and abstract", "4. Chat in your language", "5. Work with publications in many languages", "Tips", "FAQ", "Can I change the SciNodes interface language?", "Which languages can the research assistant reply in?", "Does SciNodes translate full-text PDFs?", "Why don't I see a translate option on a publication?", "Related" ], "text": "Research in another language In short: SciNodes can explain and answer in 20 languages. Set your Explainer language for term definitions and publication translations, and your Assistant language for research assistant replies. You can also change the reply language for a single chat. Publications stay in the language they were published in, and the interface itself stays in English. Supported languages English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Russian, Korean, French, Malay, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Sinhala and Konkani. What each setting changes Setting | Where | Changes Explainer language | User Preferences | Term definitions on maps, and the extra translation option on publications Assistant language | User Preferences | The language every new chat replies in Reply language picker | A chat's composer | That one chat only Publication translation | A publication's detail panel | The title and abstract you're reading, on demand Both preferences are saved to your account, so they follow you to every device. Interface languages other than English aren't available yet (coming soon). See What's coming. 1. Set your languages Open the user menu and click User Preferences. Open Explainer language and pick a language. It sets the language SciNodes explains itself in. Open Assistant language and pick a language for chat replies. It can differ from your explainer language. Details: Preferences · Translation 2. Read term definitions in your language On a term or keyword map, click a term node. Open Definition in the selection panel. Use the toggle above the definition to switch between EN and your explainer language. The toggle appears only when your explainer language isn't English. Definitions use your weekly credits. Details: Selecting, merging and excluding 3. Translate a publication's title and abstract Open a publication's detail panel in the Library, or open it from a map. Use the language control in the panel: Original shows the text as published. English appears when the publication isn't in English. Your explainer language appears, by its own name, when it isn't English and differs from the publication's language. While SciNodes works, you'll see \"Translating…\". The translation is marked \"Machine translation from language\". The original is never changed. If you see \"Could not translate this publication.\", click Retry. Translations use your weekly credits. Details: Publication details · Translation 4. Chat in your language Open or start a chat. Use the reply language picker in the composer to choose a language for this chat. To go back to your default, choose Use my preference. Details: Mentions and reply language · Ask AI about your research 5. Work with publications in many languages Your corpus can hold publications in any language. To map only publications in certain languages, add a corpus slice with a language filter in Expert Mode: type a language code, then press Enter. See" }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/work-with-your-team", "title": "Work with your team", "description": "Share a SciNodes project with co-authors, supervisors or students as Editor or Viewer, follow who changed what, and see what's coming for teams.", "keywords": [ "share research project", "collaborate on literature review", "invite collaborators", "research team collaboration", "project roles editor viewer", "shared projects" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "Before you start", "1. Invite teammates", "2. Pick the right role", "3. Work together", "4. Share results outside the project", "Coming soon", "Troubleshooting", "Tips", "FAQ", "Can I share a project with someone who doesn't have a SciNodes account?", "Can an Editor invite other people?", "Can I see who changed something in a shared project?", "Can I share just one map instead of the whole project?", "Related" ], "text": "Work with your team In short: Share a project by opening Project Settings (the gear icon) → Collaborators, typing a teammate's email, choosing Editor or Viewer and clicking Send invite. Only the project owner can invite, and the person needs a SciNodes account already. Shared projects appear under Shared in your teammates' sidebar, and the activity history shows who changed what. Before you start Ask each teammate to create a SciNodes account first. See Create your account. You must be the project's owner to invite people. 1. Invite teammates Open the project. Click the gear icon to open Project Settings. Under Collaborators, type the person's email in \"Invite by email...\". Choose Editor or Viewer. Click Send invite. The person is added at once. The project appears in their sidebar under Projects → Shared. Inviting from the Invite collaborators step of the New Project wizard isn't available yet (coming soon). Use Project Settings → Collaborators instead. Details: Collaboration · Project settings 2. Pick the right role Role | Can do | Typical use Owner | Everything, including inviting and removing members and deleting the project | The person who created the project Editor | View and edit content, rename the project. Can't manage members. | Co-authors, co-reviewers Viewer | Read only | Supervisors, examiners, stakeholders To change a role, the owner picks a new one from the menu next to the member's name. To remove someone, the owner clicks Remove member (×) next to their name. To leave a project someone shared with you, open Project Settings → Collaborators and click Remove member next to your own name. 3. Work together Who sees what: every member sees the corpus, saved maps, research objects, the activity history and each member's name, email and photo. Chats, unsaved draft maps, corpus folders (including My references), uploaded PDFs and notes stay private to each person by default. See Collaboration. Activity history: on the Overview tab, Recent Activity shows recent changes and who made them. Click View all activity for the full list. Undone actions are marked \"undone\". Notes: notes are private to their author by default. To share findings, add them to Research in Formation, which every member sees. Syncing: the sync chip in the header shows \"Syncing\", \"Unsynced changes\" or \"Changes synced\". Click it to sync now. Details: Project overview · Notes · Interface tour 4. Share results outside the project Maps: export a map as PNG, JPEG, WEBP, SVG or PDF and send the file. See Exporting maps. Bibliographies: download citations as .txt, .rtf, .bib or .ris. See Write with citations. Notes: click Download as Markdown on a note. Coming soon Share links for a single map (coming soon). See Sharing maps. Until then, share the whole project or export the map. Lab spaces that group your lab's projects and members (coming soon). See Lab. Team-wide relevance and recency scores that show which publications your team uses most and most recently (coming soon)." }, { "url": "https://docs.scinodes.com/use-cases/write-with-citations", "title": "Write with citations", "description": "Draft in Markdown notes, then copy in-text citations and bibliographies in 81 citation styles or download them as .bib, .ris, .rtf or .txt.", "keywords": [ "citation generator", "create bibliography", "export BibTeX", "export RIS", "APA citation", "change citation style", "cite publications", "Markdown notes" ], "status": "live", "headings": [ "1. Draft in notes", "2. Cite publications", "3. Set your default citation style", "4. Give publications short names", "5. Add figures", "Tips", "FAQ", "Which citation styles does SciNodes support?", "How do I export my publications to Zotero or EndNote?", "Can I change the style for one bibliography only?", "How do I cite while writing a note?", "Related" ], "text": "Write with citations In short: Draft your text in Markdown notes in the Notes tab. When you need citations, select publications in the Library and click Cite these N publications. Pick one of 81 citation styles (APA 7th edition by default), then Copy the in-text citation or the bibliography, or Download it as plain text (.txt), rich text (.rtf), BibTeX (.bib) or RIS (.ris). You can cite up to 200 publications at a time. 1. Draft in notes Open the Notes tab and click New Note, or click Expand into Working Note on a research object in Research in Formation to start from its evidence. Write in Markdown. Switch between Editor (formatted) and MD (raw Markdown). Use the Format bar for headings (H1 to H3), bold, italic, lists, quotes, code and links. Press Tab and Shift + Tab to indent and outdent. Review grammar suggestions: accept or reject each one, or use Accept all or Auto-accept. Attach a note to what it's about by writing it from a map node, cluster or publication with Write Note. The Sources bar shows the attachments. Click Download as Markdown to take the note into another editor. Notes you write outside a project live in Quick notes. Use Move to a project to file one under a project. Details: Notes · Note editor · Quick notes 2. Cite publications Several publications: Open the Library tab. Select publications: click one, Shift + Click for a range, Ctrl + Click (Cmd on Mac) to add one at a time. Click Cite these N publications in the selection bar. One publication: open its ⋯ menu and click Cite this, or click Cite in its detail panel. In the Cite dialog: Pick a Style. If it differs from your default, the dialog says \"Applies here only — your default stays …\". Under In-text citation, click Copy and paste the citation into your note or manuscript. Under References, click Copy to copy the formatted bibliography. To save a file, click the arrow beside the download button and choose Plain text, Rich text, BibTeX or RIS. Then click the button, which now names the format, for example Download .bib. For note-based styles, the sections are called Footnote and Bibliography instead. Download format | Use it for Plain text (.txt) | Pasting anywhere Rich text (.rtf) | Word processors, keeps italics and formatting BibTeX (.bib) | LaTeX and reference managers RIS (.ris) | Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote and other reference managers Details: Citations and reference styles 3. Set your default citation style Open the user menu and click User Preferences. Open Reference style. Choose from 81 CSL styles in 8 groups: General & cross-disciplinary, Life sciences & medicine, Physical sciences & mathematics, Engineering & computing, Social sciences, Humanities & law, Publisher house styles, and National standards. Your choice is saved to your account. From the Cite dialog, click Change the default to jump there. Details: Preferences 4. Give publications short names An alias is a short name you choose for a publication, such as \"HN22\". In the Library, open a publication's ⋯" } ] }