From research to writing: What AI tools to use for academic work?

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Imagine you sit on your desktop to write a research paper on Business Strategies. Your first goal is to find relevant research papers and articles to write the literature review. You open Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and other similar websites to browse relevant research papers and articles. The next three to four hours pass by, and you are still unable to find enough research papers. Moreover, your eyes hurt from reading various PDF documents.

A lot of researchers have stated they read almost 20 to 30 previous research articles to have enough background information on their topic. Some shared they spent various weeks or months writing a well-accepted research paper.

But, what if you can write a high-quality research paper in one or two days? What if you don't have to do extensive research or read 30 research articles to write your paper? AI has made this possible. 

Various tools are assisting researchers and students in writing high-quality literature reviews. One of the prominent ones is Research Buddy. Let's discuss this tool in detail here.

What is a Research Buddy?

It is a free app launched in 2022 to help researchers, students, and professionals speed up the writing process of literature review. You can generate a briefing paper or a detailed literature review within a few moments with the help of its advanced technology. 

Its algorithm will go through various journals, websites, and papers. Within a few moments, it will give you summaries and conclusions of different relevant research papers. This data will help you in writing a detailed research paper and reference list.

Moreover, if you want a one-page summary of any topic, AI can do this too. It will collect all the relevant data, and assemble a summary within a few moments.

How to Get Started?

Research Buddy’s UI interface is simple so you don't need a tech background to use it. Just simply go to their website and sign up for free.

During the sign-up, you will be asked for general information, such as your name, email address, and password. Once you have completed this step, Research Buddy will take you to the main interface.

On the top of the screen, you will see the blue “New” button. Click on it, and it will take you to the new window. In the search bar enter your topic, let's say artificial intelligence. Next, select one option from the drop-down menu: literature review or one-page summary.

Let's suppose you click on the literature review option. Research Buddy will ask you to wait for a few moments as it will take time to assemble all the relevant and important information from the internet.

You will see the burger option on the top menu. Click on it to access the history page. From there, select your topic.

A new window will open where you can see various relevant research papers. Each research paper will have a summary and conclusion, organized by headings. At the top, you will see a synopsis, and at the bottom, a conclusion. This synopsis and conclusion will give you a general idea of the main topic, and the summary of individual research papers will tell you about that specific research article.

You can repeat the same process when wanting a one-page summary on any topic. Moreover, you can subscribe to the newsletter of Research Buddy to remain updated.

Features of Research Buddy AI

Automatic Literature Review and Summary

Advanced algorithms search through the extensive dataset of publications and journals to compile the literature review relevant to the user’s research topic. You can get a large list of references along with a synopsis and conclusion within a few moments.

Individual summaries and conclusions of research papers can save you from reading each research article. Moreover, the general synopsis and conclusion part help you summarize the main topic in a better way.

Smart Filtering

Suppose you want to include the research articles from the last five years in your paper. For this, you can use the smart filtering option of Research Buddy to define the date of publication. Similarly, you can add tags relevant to your topic to keep the list of research articles relevant. 

Downloading Option

You can download the full list of references along with the summary, conclusion, and synopsis either in the Word document or PDF. In this way, you can access the list offline too.

References

In response to each query about a research topic, this AI tool will give you a list of references. You can go to each reference’s link to read the paper if you want. This will cut down your time in the research. Moreover, you will get an extensive list of references for your research paper.

Free Account Registration

You can register and access the features of Research Buddy for free. There are no hidden charges or subscription tiers for registering and using this AI tool for now. This makes it quite accessible for everyone.

Newsletter Subscription 

At the time of registration or after registering the account, Research Buddy gives you an option of subscribing to their newsletter. This option is quite helpful for those who want to have the latest updates or tips in their inbox. If you want, you can unregister the subscription anytime. 

User-Friendly Interface

The interface of Research Buddy is quite user-friendly so you don't need to watch extensive tutorials or have a technical background to use it. It is straightforward that every student and novice researcher can use it without any trouble.

Other Research AI Tools for Students and Researchers

Research Buddy has a lot of limitations that a lot of people may find inconvenient. So, we are going to discuss a few relevant academic AI tools here.

Consensus AI

It is a free AI research tool that helps you to accumulate credible information from different sources. You can add a question on this platform, and it will provide you with answers by accessing over 200 million research papers and articles.

The answer will contain the list of research articles along with the consensus of their conclusion. The list of these research articles can be used as a reference list in your research papers.

Its GPT-4 technology provides Copilot services in which you can write the topic, and it will generate a full-fledged research article with proper citations and references. This will save you from manually writing research papers.

Elicit AI

Elicit AI is similar to Research Buddy as it speeds up the research writing process by providing relevant information. In it, you have to add the keyword, and it will provide you with a list of relevant research articles. Each research article will have an abstract summary and conclusion. With this, you can get the metadata of each research article, too, to select relevant and authentic ones for your paper.

Moreover, you can upload PDF documents and ask questions about them. The tool will generate full-fledged answers to those questions.

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