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Are you interested in reading current research papers but finding problem in getting right content?
Or You have some research website but have difficulty to remain updated with them?
Ok ! Don't worry, today I'm going to take you through beautiful Applications which will make your task easier.
Reading research papers is a good habit! But I recommend you to save the links of your favourite research papers to keep them always accessible to you.
Today we will look about
- R Discovery
- Academia
Let's talking about first R Discovery
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R Discovery
In R Discovery, you have following features
- Night mode available
- Abstract of the Research paper is easily available before reading through full paper
- You will be notified daily, at specific choosen time
- Application is smooth
- Text is bigger size, preventing strain on eyes
R Discovery gives you access to:
• 100M+ Scholarly articles (journal articles, clinical trials, preprints & more)
• 39M+ Open access articles
• 2M+ Preprints from arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv and other preprint servers
• 9.5M+ Research topics
• 14M+ Authors
• 32,000+ Academic journals
• 25,000+ Institutions
• Content from Microsoft Academic, PubMed, PubMed Central, CrossRef, Unpaywall, OpenAlex, etc.
• Integrations with reference managers like Zotero, Mendeley
See how R Discovery helps you save time and improve your literature search and reading!
Personalized research reading
Setup your feed to see top 100 research articles that match your interests and get daily reading recommendations. Customize your library or enjoy the benefits of an AI-driven feed that evolves to match your changing research reading interests.
Smart research summaries
Save time with research summaries, powered by Scholarly, that lets you read key highlights of research papers to assess whether you should read the full-text article.
Unlock full-text papers with institutional access
Benefit from integrations with GetFTR and Libkey that let you use your university credentials to log in and access pay-walled journal articles for your thesis research.
Growing bank of open access journal articles
R Discovery has partnered with top publishers like Springer Nature and global research databases to create the largest open access library, with 39M+ open access articles across subject areas.
Most reliable, cleanest research database
Read scientific journals and scholarly articles from the most trustworthy database of global research papers. We take regular measures to remove duplicate papers, eliminate ambiguities in journal, publisher and author names, and exclude predatory journal content from our research library.
Bookmark research papers
Save articles to your research library and get alerts about unread bookmarked research articles so you can keep up with your literature reading goals.
Sync with Zotero, Mendeley
Manage references by exporting research articles to Mendeley or Zotero. You can also login to R Discovery via your reference manager to get a tailored reading feed based on research paper topics in your library.
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Academia
On Academia.edu , you can read research papers online as well.
Favourite features for which I like it are:
- You can highlight as well as save research papers
- You can publish your own research papers without any hassle
- You get reading mode (but in premium plan)
- You can follow specific personalities for updates
- You also can read in dark mode
Get the world’s largest open access library in your pocket with the Academia mobile app.
Use the app to:
- Discover and read new research
- Save papers in Library and read them later in-app or on desktop
- See who is reading your papers and profiles
- Search for scholarly research on thousands of topics
- Find and connect with like-minded scholars
- See what friends and colleagues are working on
Academia.edu has over 23 million academic papers to explore from by millions of researchers around the world. Download the app to access your Academia.edu account whenever and wherever your curiosity strikes.



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