Litmaps

What Litmaps helps you do

Litmaps maps connections between academic papers and supports literature discovery and monitoring. It suits researchers starting from relevant seed papers and checking how a topic’s literature connects.

Best for: Literature discovery through paper maps.

A small task to try

1. Choose two verified papers matching the same narrow question
2. Create a literature map from their identifiers
3. Inspect neighbouring titles and abstracts for relevance
4. Save inclusion and exclusion reasons before adding a paper to your review

Illustrative input: Map papers about retrieval evaluation; exclude papers that discuss generation only without retrieval assessment.

Illustrative expected result: A candidate paper map with a manually checked shortlist and recorded exclusions. This is an editorial example, not a recorded vendor test. Check it against your original material before using it.

Access and buying guidance

Free access is available with bounded maps and articles; the current page shows conflicting one- and two-map summaries. Paid plans expand search and monitoring. Confirm exact free caps in the app rather than relying on a single banner.

Map proximity does not establish that a study supports your claim. Start with the smallest useful task; keep the original input and compare the result before committing to a larger workflow.

Alternatives for a different workflow

Elicit: compare evidence extraction from studies. SciSpace: read and ask questions about individual papers.

Sources and review

Reviewed 9 October 2026 against official product documentation and official pricing / access terms. Feature access and prices can change; the linked provider terms govern your account.