Discover 4 AI Tools That Are Elevating The Research Landscape

In this video, I explore four AI tools for research that you might not have heard of before. Each tool offers unique features to help you streamline various research tasks, from summarizing literature to generating in-depth, structured reports.

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As researchers, we often juggle a lot of information, and these tools can make managing that information less daunting. When it comes to AI tools for research papers, one common concern is whether they can genuinely add value or if they simply duplicate what we can already do manually. Here, I delve into how these research AI tools stand out in their specialized functionalities and what makes each tool worth considering, especially if you’re looking to save time or get deeper insights faster.

One of the most impressive applications is in assisting with literature reviews. Traditionally, literature reviews are time-consuming, requiring hours of reading and sorting through relevant studies. With the right literature review AI tools, however, you can get summaries and thematic overviews much more efficiently. This isn’t to say that AI replaces the careful analysis that comes from reading original sources, but it does give you a solid starting point. Imagine having an organized mind map or a concise overview of your topic ready with just a few clicks, freeing up your time to focus on critical thinking rather than data collection.

Beyond the literature review, these tools are also designed to help you structure and draft different parts of your work, offering features like references to peer-reviewed articles or mind maps that visualize complex topics. When we talk about the best AI tools for research, we’re often looking for those that offer a combination of accessibility, depth, and ease of use. Some of these tools are even tailored to enhance collaboration, allowing you to engage with different AI models to co-create content, rather than just relying on a single model for output. This collaborative approach means you can still play an active role in your research process, guiding the AI to work alongside you, rather than entirely automating the task.

The video also touches on practical aspects, such as how to make the most of the free features in these AI tools. For students or researchers on a budget, knowing what’s available without a subscription can be a game-changer.
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▼ ▽ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:02 Storm
04:06 Mapify
06:58 ResearchFlow
09:43 Arxive Pulse
12:09 Outro

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[yweiyuen]

Hi Andy, absolutely love your videos. Just wondering whether you would make a video on tier listing the AI tools in the future??

[mayman]

everything is game changing, every little tool is revolutionary, isn't this tiring?

[kumardigvijaymishra]

Andy, thank you very much for the information. It's confounding how several AI tools have come to aid researchers, and in the ocean of AI research tools, I seem to get lost the minute my eyes get off the screen.

[miroticfashion]

Thank you for these examples Andy! Do you think something like Mapify would be useful for viva prep if you put in your submitted thesis?

[CoombesJD]

What would Stapletonbench look like?

I guess it takes a standard task "Do me a lit review on transparent electrode materials" and then you score how it does in terms of the information gathered, what you think its missing, and how well it synthesises and summarises the research field.

Sometimes it feels like these videos are ephemeral and I'd love to actually see an at-a-glance reference of this knowledge that you are laboriously curating. (Hopefully this would also show some nice smooth progress as hallucinations 📉 and synthesis quality 📈)

[christopherd.winnan]

Thank you for the useful mind mapping tools. How would yuo compare them to something more advanced such as Infranodus?

[MqF]

Andy, whatever you had before this video… gimme some please

[lampjerulez]

As a teacher, i teach students how to use AI properly instead of fighting against it and telling them not to use it (its out there anyway why not use it?) Ill show this to them, need to check if it works for my country/language tough.
I do make the assignments about the process and not the results, therefore they cant 'just' generate everything with AI.
because then they will miss content of the assignment

[coldlyanalytical]

I assume that paper writers are now reviewing & analysing their own papers with these tools.
They can then apply any corrections and recommendations.
Rinse and repeat before releasing the paper.

[RajDeepakChouhan]

I wonder Andy how have you not yet made a video on the absolute gold standard in research SCOPUS, talk about scopus ai please!

[garellekrisbacaron]

I FIND YOU HANDSOME WHEN YOU MAKE YOURSELF FUNNY. 🥰

[jiiejfioejfa]

is google sign-in the only way for storm?

[jiiejfioejfa]

and how do you usually quickly know if a paper is peer reviewed or not?