A growing collection of resources helps chemists and other scientists with text editing, citations, image generation, and more. Beyond ChatGPT, there is significant innovation with new AI-based tools that improve organization, productivity, and writing.
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Text Editing Tools
- DeepL Write
AI-powered writing tool that provides phrasing suggestions, style, grammar checking
free beta version
- Grammarly
A digital writing tool that provides grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style suggestions free basic version
paid premium version
- QuillBot
AI-powered writing tool that provides paraphrasing, grammar checking, summarization, and other features free basic version paid premium version
Reference Management Tools
- ChatPDF
AI-powered tool that allows to interact with PDF documents by asking questions and receiving answers or summaries from the content of the document. free basic version paid full version
- Consensus
AI-driven tool that helps explore and understand scientific literature by providing clear summaries and answers to questions based on the latest academic studies and data free basic version paid premium version
- Elicit
AI-powered research tool that helps find relevant academic papers and literature by generating summaries, answers to research questions, and organizing information efficiently free
- EndNote
Reference management tool that helps organize citations, references, and bibliographies. paid
- Mendeley
A reference management and academic social network that helps chemists organize their research, collaborate with others, and discover new papers. free basic version paid premium version
- Research Rabbit
A research discovery tool that helps find relevant academic papers and literature by using AI to identify and recommend articles based on their interests and past searches free basic version paid premium version
- Scite.ai
A platform that uses AI to analyze and highlight the credibility and impact of scientific research papers by tracking citations and contextualizing them with statements of support, contradiction, and mention free basic version paid premium version
- Semantic Scholar
AI-powered academic search engine that provides access to scientific papers, citation analysis, and context-aware recommendations to aid in literature discovery and research insights. free
- Zotero
Open-source reference management tool that helps organize and cite research papers, articles, and other resources. free
Article Tracking Tools
- Feedly
News aggregator that allows to follow journals, blogs, and news outlets to stay updated on the latest research and developments in their field. free basic version paid premium version
- ORCID
A unique identifier for researchers that helps them maintain a record of their work, collaborations, and publications. free
Image Generation Tools
- Canva
A graphic design platform that allows to create professional-looking visuals such as presentations, posters, social media graphics, and more using templates and easy-to-use design tools. free basic version paid premium version
- ChemDraw
A chemical drawing software that allows to create and edit chemical structures, reactions, and diagrams. paid
Literature Research
- Consensus
AI tool that allows to ask questions in the format “Does x cause y?” and provides a “consensus meter” to indicate the level of scientific agreement, along with summaries of relevant papers that support, oppose, or remain neutral on a hypothesis.
Also of Interest
- Chemistry Databases: A collection of useful subject-specific information resources for chemists and other sicientists
- Comprehensive Support for Publishing Success: Unlock your potential for publication success with comprehensive guidance at every stage of your scholarly journey, regardless of your level
- How to Collaborate on Writing: Possibilities of working together on a text online and in real-time
