Researchers need to stay updated about new developments in their field to build on existing studies, identify unique research problems, or find suggestions on structures or methodologies for their study. Yet, sifting through a rising tide of articles and determining what will actually add value to their research has long been a challenge for busy researchers. R Discovery, a free literature discovery app, seeks to bridge this gap through a partnership with Scholarcy, an AI summarization tool.
Every week, researchers spend about 9 hours to find and read relevant articles, yet an Elsevier and Sense About Science survey revealed that only half of what they read was useful. This partnership will now allow R Discovery to harness Scholarcy’s powerful summarization engine to showcase the essence of research articles in its repository. The powerful AI tool scans full articles, extracts the key highlights, and delivers it as article summaries; this saves over 70% of the time researchers spend on appraising a study and deciding if it is worth reading.
R Discovery and Scholarcy have a shared passion for empowering researchers through innovative solutions. Siddharth Varshney, Business Head for R Discovery, said
“R Discovery has helped over 500,000 researchers simplify literature reading by reducing their search effort and allowing them to see what’s most relevant for them first. Partnering with Scholarcy helps to further this mission by providing smart article highlights, a feature which will enable researchers to make faster decisions and identify useful research without having to spend hours reading entire articles.”
Emma Warren-Jones, Co-founder of Scholarcy, said
“Our mission at Scholarcy is to help researchers screen the literature in their field more efficiently and get to the key information that will shape their own work more easily. Working in collaboration with R Discovery to surface significant findings, claims and evidence, we’re delighted to be giving more researchers at-a-glance knowledge from the latest and most significant articles.”
R Discovery’s customized reading feed is designed to eliminate the complexities and time-consuming nature of the process of searching for research and give back time to researchers. Its powerful AI browses over 96 million articles from 32,000 journals and 9.5 million topics to suggest the most relevant reads based on your preferences. With daily reading recommendations and on-the-go updates on recently published articles, researchers don’t have to worry about missing out on crucial articles and developments in their field. R Discovery even helps you identify papers in related fields, bookmark key research papers, and provides the option to customize your feed further by importing your reading library from Mendeley and Zotero.
A synthesis of the two powerful AI solutions will provide R Discovery users with a stress-free literature search and reading experience. Varshney said,
“Think about these article summaries as product descriptions you read before making an online purchase. Don’t they help you make a more informed choice about the value of a product? Why should it be any different while evaluating whether a research paper is worth your time?”
Click here to download the R Discovery app and experience smart reading with the all-new article highlights feature!
