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Unfold Research
unfoldresearch.com
webbrowser-ext
A tool for linking academic research together. Discover and share micropubs and materials, right on the papers and web pages.
Versioning
Archival
Writing
Repositiories
Reviewing
Storage
Discovery
arXiv favicon
arXiv
arxiv.org
web
An open-access repository of electronic preprints and postprints approved for posting after moderation, but not peer review.
Versioning
Archival
Repositiories
Publishing
Storage
Discovery
Octopus favicon
Octopus
octopus.ac
web
An open access platform where researchers can read, review and publish findings at all stages of the scientific process.
Versioning
Archival
Writing
Repositiories
Reviewing
Discovery
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ResearchHub
researchhub.com
web
A modern day pre-print server and platform for open science where users can review, publish, and collaborate on scientific research.
Archival
Writing
Bounties
Reference Management
Project Management
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Wazoku Crowd (aka InnoCentive)
wazokucrowd.com
web
An open innovation and crowdsourcing company that enables organizations to put their unsolved problems and unmet needs, which are framed as 'Challenges', out to the crowd to address.
Bounties
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Experiment
experiment.com
web
A website for crowdfunding science-based research projects. Researchers can post their research projects to solicit pledges. Experiment works on the all-or-nothing funding model.
Bounties
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BioRender
biorender.com
web
Browse 1000s of icons & templates from many fields of life sciences. Create science figures in minutes with BioRender scientific illustration software!
Graphic Design
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Photopea
photopea.com
web
Photopea is an advanced photo and graphics editor. Free online editor supporting PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD and CDR formats.
Graphic Design
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Canva
canva.com
web
Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.
Graphic Design
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TikZ
tikz.net
web
Language for producing TeX vector graphics (e.g., technical illustrations and drawings) from a geometric/algebraic description, with standard features including the drawing of points, lines, arrows, paths, circles, ellipses and polygons.
Typesetting
Graphic Design
FFL (Formula Formatting Language) favicon
FFL (Formula Formatting Language)
penn-hci.github.io
web
A Language and Live Runtime for Styling and Labeling Typeset Math Formulas.
Typesetting
Graphic Design
Writing
MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) favicon
MathML (Mathematical Markup Language)
developer.mozilla.org
web
MathML is a standardized markup language natively supported by all major web browsers that lets you render mathematical equations on web pages. You can use this language on any web page that you host to display beautiful equations, all without any additional library or setup.
Typesetting
Manim favicon
Manim
github.com
web
Manim is an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos.
Animation
Graphic Design
Peer Review favicon
Peer Review
peer-review.io
web
A platform that enables crowdsourced peer review and public dissemination of scientific and academic papers.
Reviewing
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Scholar Nexus
scholar.nexus
web
A modern, efficient, delightful and democratic scholarly publishing system, owned and controlled by scholars.
Publishing
Reviewing
ResearchGate favicon
ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
web
A social community for academics.
Social
Repositiories
Discovery
Academia.edu favicon
Academia.edu
www.academia.edu
web
A social community for academics.
Social
Repositiories
Discovery
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Perplexity
www.perplexity.ai
web
Perplexity AI unlocks the power of knowledge with information discovery and sharing.
AI
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Elicit
elicit.org
web
Elicit uses machine learning to help you with your research: find papers, extract key claims, summarize, brainstorm ideas, and more.
AI
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Consensus
consensus.app
web
A search engine that uses AI to find insights in research papers.
AI
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Google Docs
docs.google.com
webmobile
Create, and collaborate on online documents. Edit together with secure sharing in real-time and from any device.
Writing
Observable favicon
Observable
observablehq.com
web
A data visualization platform for developers, data scientists, journalists, and educators.
Writing
Computational Environments
RStudio favicon
RStudio
posit.co
desktopweb
RStudio is an IDE (integrated development environment) for R, a programming language for statistical computing and graphics.
Writing
Computational Environments
Jupyter favicon
Jupyter
jupyter.org
desktopweb
JupyterLab is the latest web-based interactive development environment for notebooks, code, and data.
Writing
Computational Environments
Binder favicon
Binder
mybinder.org
web
Open Jupyter notebooks notebooks in an executable environment, making your code immediately reproducible by anyone, anywhere.
Writing
Computational Environments
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Curvenote
curvenote.com
web
A collaborative writing and publishing platform for scientists & researchers.
Writing
Computational Environments
Versioning
Archival
Typesetting
MyST Markdown favicon
MyST Markdown
mystmd.org
web
MyST extends Markdown for technical, scientific communication and publication.
Writing
Typesetting
Gingko Writer favicon
Gingko Writer
gingkowriter.com
web
A new kind of document that shows both structure & content. Use it to expand your Mental RAM, and think bigger thoughts.
Writing
Deepnote favicon
Deepnote
deepnote.com
web
Deepnote is a collaborative data science notebook for teams that is shareable, Jupyter-compatible, and runs in the cloud.
Writing
Computational Environments
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Einblick
einblick.ai
web
The AI-native data notebook that writes and fixes code, plots beautiful charts, builds models, and much more.
Computational Environments
Spreadsheets
Spyder favicon
Spyder
spyder-ide.org
web
Spyder is a free and open source scientific environment written for Python, and designed by and for scientists, engineers and data analysts.
Computational Environments
Colab favicon
Colab
colab.google
web
Colab is a hosted Jupyter Notebook service that requires no setup to use and provides free access to computing resources, including GPUs and TPUs.
Writing
Computational Environments
Nextjournal favicon
Nextjournal
nextjournal.com
web
Runs anything you can put into a Docker container. Improve your workflow with polyglot notebooks, automatic versioning and real-time collaboration.
Writing
Computational Environments
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Overleaf
overleaf.com
web
The easy to use, online, collaborative LaTeX editor.
Writing
Typesetting
Altmetric favicon
Altmetric
altmetric.com
web
Altmetric's interface tracks online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference.
Discovery
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Unsub
unsub.org
web
The Unsub dashboard helps you reevaluate your deal's value, and understand your cancellation options.
Librarian Tools
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Unpaywall
unpaywall.org
webbrowser-ext
Legally get full text of scholarly articles as you browse. When you view a research article, Unpaywall automatically looks for a copy in our index of 20 million free, legal fulltext PDFs.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
OpenAlex favicon
OpenAlex
openalex.org
web
An open and comprehensive catalog of scholarly papers, authors, institutions, and more.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
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scite
scite.ai
webbrowser-ext
Discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. "ChatGPT for science".
Repositiories
Discovery
AI
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ResearchRabbit
www.researchrabbit.ai
web
Search academic work and papers, organize your collections, visualize them and set up custom alerts on new related papers.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
Litmaps favicon
Litmaps
www.litmaps.com
web
Discover, visualize, share and monitor research literature.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
Google Scholar favicon
Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
web
A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions. Set up alerts and manage your library.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
CrossRef favicon
CrossRef
www.crossref.org
web
Crossref makes research objects easy to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
DataCite favicon
DataCite
datacite.org
web
Connecting research outputs and resources, support for the creation and management of DOIs and metadata records, service integrations, and enabling the discovery and reuse of research outputs and resources.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
Lens favicon
Lens
lens.org
web
Discover, analyse and map global innovation knowledge by searching for scholarly work, patents, experts and collaborators,...
Metadata
Librarian Tools
Semantic Scholar favicon
Semantic Scholar
www.semanticscholar.org
web
A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature
Metadata
Librarian Tools
AI
Semantic Reader favicon
Semantic Reader
www.semanticscholar.org
web
An AI-Powered Augmented Scientific Reading Application
Annotation
AI
Dimensions favicon
Dimensions
www.dimensions.ai
web
The most advanced scientific research database covering millions of research publications connected by more than 1.8 billion citations, supporting grants, datasets, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.
Metadata
Librarian Tools
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Papers with code
portal.paperswithcode.com
web
TODO
Metadata
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier) favicon
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier)
orcid.org
web
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID ID) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.
Metadata
Research Organization Registry (ROR) favicon
Research Organization Registry (ROR)
ror.org
web
The Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations.
Metadata
Nodebook favicon
Nodebook
nodebook.io
web
Organize your references on a graph with all your papers, files, notes and links, and always have an easy overview of your own thoughts and ideas.
Discovery
Reference Management
Librarian Tools
Productivity
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Zotero
zotero.org
webdesktopbrowser-ext
A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
Reference Management
Librarian Tools
Annotation
Mendeley favicon
Mendeley
mendeley.com
webdesktopbrowser-ext
a free web and desktop reference management application.
Reference Management
Librarian Tools
Paperpile favicon
Paperpile
paperpile.com
webdesktop
A clean and simple reference manager that makes it easy to collect, organize, share, and cite your research papers.
Reference Management
EndNote favicon
EndNote
endnote.com
desktopmobile
A reference manager that helps you save time formatting citations, so you can focus on your research.
Reference Management
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JabRef
jabref.org
web
JabRef is an open-source, cross-platform citation and reference management software.
Reference Management
Open Science Framework (OSF) favicon
Open Science Framework (OSF)
osf.io
web
A free, open platform to support your research and enable collaboration.
Writing
Repositiories
Discovery
Storage
Web Hosting
Hypothes.is favicon
Hypothes.is
hypothes.is
webbrowser-ext
An open-source software project that aims to collect comments about statements made in any web-accessible content, and filter and rank those comments to assess each statement's credibility.
Annotation
Memex favicon
Memex
memex.garden
webbrowser-ext
Co-curate & Share your research and reading playlists. Curate, share, annotate and discuss what you find by yourself, your readers and collaborators.
Annotation
Margins favicon
Margins
fermatslibrary.com
web
Save, annotate and share your papers with anyone.
Annotation
PubPub favicon
PubPub
pubpub.org
web
The open-source, community-led, end-to-end publishing platform for knowledge communities.
Writing
Repositiories
Discovery
Web Hosting
Public Knowledge Project (PKP) favicon
Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
pkp.sfu.ca
web
A scholarly publishing platforms are being used more widely than any other in the world for reviewing, editing, and freely sharing research for the benefit of all.
Writing
Repositiories
Discovery
Web Hosting
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Github Pages
pages.github.com
web
Websites for you and your projects, hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live.
Writing
Repositiories
Web Hosting
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Vercel
vercel.com
web
Vercel can provide you with free infrastructure to deploy your websites and has a number of other features for easy building of websites.
Repositiories
Web Hosting
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Netlify
netlify.com
web
Netlify can provide you with free infrastructure to deploy your websites and has a number of other features for easy building of websites.
Repositiories
Web Hosting
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Shiny (by Posit)
shinyapps.io
web
Deploy your R markdown apps to the web.
Web Hosting
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Dash apps by Plotly
plotly.com
web
Deploy your Python apps to the web.
Web Hosting
MathPix favicon
MathPix
mathpix.com
desktopweb
Convert images and PDFs to LaTeX, DOCX, Overleaf, Markdown, Excel, ChemDraw and more.
Typesetting
Productivity
Github favicon
Github
github.com
webdesktop
A platform and cloud-based service for software development and version control using Git.
Versioning
Storage
Archival
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Git Large File Storage (LFS)
git-lfs.com
webdesktop
An open source Git extension for versioning large files. Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server like GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise.
Versioning
Storage
Archival
Figshare favicon
Figshare
figshare.com
web
An online open access repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos. It is free to upload content and free to access, in adherence to the principle of open data.
Storage
Archival
Dryad favicon
Dryad
datadryad.org
web
Dryad is a nonprofit membership organization that is committed to making data available for research and educational reuse now and into the future.
Storage
Archival
Google Drive favicon
Google Drive
drive.google.com
webmobile
A file storage and synchronization service developed by Google.
Storage
Archival
Dropbox favicon
Dropbox
dropbox.com
webmobiledesktop
A file hosting service.
Storage
Archival
Box favicon
Box
box.com
webmobile
Cloud-based content management, collaboration, and file sharing tools for businesses.
Storage
Archival
Internet Archive Wayback Machine favicon
Internet Archive Wayback Machine
archive.org
web
Enables you to capture, manage and search collections of digital content without any technical expertise or hosting facilitie.
Versioning
Archival
GitLab favicon
GitLab
gitlab.com
webmobile
AI-powered DevSecOps Platform.
Versioning
Storage
Archival
Bitbucket favicon
Bitbucket
bitbucket.org
webmobile
Bitbucket Cloud is the native Git tool in Atlassian’s Open DevOps solution with best-in-class Jira integration, and built-in CI/CD.
Versioning
Storage
Archival
Github Issues favicon
Github Issues
github.com
web
Create issues, break them into tasks, track relationships, add custom fields, and have conversations. Visualize large projects as spreadsheets or boards, and automate everything with code.
Project Management
Automation
Linear favicon
Linear
linear.app
webmobiledesktop
Project management app.
Project Management
Notion favicon
Notion
notion.so
webdesktopmobile
A productivity and note-taking web application that offers organizational tools including task management, project tracking, to-do lists, bookmarking, and more.
Project Management
Automation
Storage
Writing
Web Hosting
Productivity
Asana favicon
Asana
asana.com
web
Project management app.
Project Management
Height favicon
Height
height.app
web
Project management app.
Project Management
ClickUp favicon
ClickUp
clickup.com
webmobile
Project management app.
Project Management
Jira favicon
Jira
www.atlassian.com
webmobile
Project management app.
Project Management
Google Sheets favicon
Google Sheets
sheets.google.com
webmobile
Create and edit online spreadsheets. Get insights together with secure sharing in real-time and from any device.
Spreadsheets
Quadratic favicon
Quadratic
quadratichq.com
web
The data spreadsheet with AI, Python, and SQL.
Computational Environments
Spreadsheets
Subset favicon
Subset
subset.so
web
A spreadsheet app focused on spreadsheet design. The collaborative canvas gives you the flexibility to create and organize tables, charts, and more.
Spreadsheets
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Zapier
zapier.com
web
A product that allows end users to integrate the web applications they use and automate workflows.
Automation
IFTTT favicon
IFTTT
ifttt.com
web
An online digital automation platform that provide a visual interface for making cross-platform 'if' statements to its users.
Automation
Make favicon
Make
make.com
web
Make allows you to visually create, build and automate workflows. User friendly no-code integration tool.
Automation
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n8n
n8n.io
webdesktop
n8n allows you to build flexible workflows focused on deep data integration. And with sharable templates and a user-friendly UI, the less technical people on your team can collaborate on them too.
Automation
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Turnitin
turnitin.com
web
Turnitin solutions promote academic integrity, streamline grading and feedback, deter plagiarism, and improve student outcomes.
Plagiarism Checker
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Inciteful
inciteful.xyz
web
Inciteful uses the power of graph analysis to help you explore and find the most relevant academic literature.
Archival
Discovery
Scilit favicon
Scilit
www.scilit.net
web
Comprehensive content aggregator platform for scholarly publications.
Archival
Discovery
Scinapse favicon
Scinapse
www.scinapse.io
web
AI-powered Research Intelligence Engine.
Archival
Discovery
AI
Citespace favicon
Citespace
citespace.podia.com
web
Visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature
Discovery
Visualization
VOSviewer favicon
VOSviewer
www.vosviewer.com
web
A software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks.
Discovery
Visualization
CitNetExplorer favicon
CitNetExplorer
www.citnetexplorer.nl
web
A software tool for visualizing and analyzing citation networks of scientific publications.
Discovery
Visualization
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Iris.ai
iris.ai
web
AI for scientific text understanding - literature reviews, research data extraction, post-market surveillance, and other tedious tasks.
AI
Quarto favicon
Quarto
quarto.org
web
An open-source scientific and technical publishing system for publishing Jupyter, R, Observable, or Julia notebooks.
Writing
Web Hosting