Open Knowledge Maps: Generates visual concept map clusters for broader research fields, but lacks granular paper-to-paper citation networks. Connected Papers records 750,576 monthly visits with +3.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Open Knowledge Maps records 83,432 monthly visits with -2.4% growth and Free pricing.
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
AI-powered visual discovery of scientific knowledge
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | connectedpapers.com | openknowledgemaps.org |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 750.58K (750,576) | 83.43K (83,432) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +22.43K (+3.1%) | -2.05K (-2.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (17.6%) | 🇮🇩 Indonesia (78.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 308.44K | 32.34K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
Each graph places the seed paper among its most closely related works, clustered by how often papers are cited together or share references.
Separate perspectives show what a paper builds on and what later work builds on it, which is ideal for tracing a research lineage.
Start from a paper title, DOI, URL or proceedings link, so you can enter the graph from whatever you already have at hand.
A ranked list view lets you browse related publications by relevance when you need specifics rather than an overview.
AI-powered visual discovery of scientific knowledge
Every search produces an interactive concept map in which related research outputs are grouped into labeled, clickable clusters instead of a single flat list.
Searches more than 400 million records in over 400 languages pulled from more than 11,000 sources through the BASE aggregator.
Beyond journal articles, results span datasets, software, images, and other research objects, giving a broader picture of a topic.
Maps are generated from metadata rather than synthesized text, so what you see corresponds to real indexed records.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
Ad-free AI search that takes you straight to the answer
SpecialistIntegrates deep PDF reading and analysis workspaces, but lacks dedicated visual citation network mapping capabilities.
SpecialistIntegrates deep PDF reading and analysis workspaces, but lacks dedicated visual citation network mapping capabilities.
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Map the literature around the papers you love—free
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
Helps discover and track academic papers and trends, but offers less robust visual citation graph mapping.
Helps discover and track academic papers and trends, but offers less robust visual citation graph mapping.
SpecialistDelivers structured paper summaries and literature reviews, but lacks interactive visual citation exploration tools.
SpecialistDelivers structured paper summaries and literature reviews, but lacks interactive visual citation exploration tools.
AI text analysis with knowledge graphs to reveal topics and content gaps
AI text analysis with knowledge graphs to reveal topics and content gaps
