
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
WisPaper: Helps discover and track academic papers and trends, but offers less robust visual citation graph mapping. Connected Papers records 750,576 monthly visits with +3.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. WisPaper records 107,817 monthly visits with +0.1% growth and Freemium pricing.

Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | connectedpapers.com | wispaper.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 750.58K (750,576) | 107.82K (107,817) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +22.43K (+3.1%) | +116 (+0.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (17.6%) | 🇨🇳 China (41.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 308.44K | 30.49K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 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.

Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
Rapidly screen a large pool of candidate papers down to a small set of core studies, so you skip the reading you do not need to do.
Search academic literature by topic and get AI-ranked results that surface the most relevant work for your research question.
Follow research trends and see what is newly published from major journals and venues, so you stay current in your field.
Browse personalised AI Feeds that adapt to your interests and research area over time.

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

AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
AI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
AI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
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

AI research tools and expert publication services in one place
AI research tools and expert publication services in one place
AI-powered platform to read, write, and stay current with research

Generates visual concept map clusters for broader research fields, but lacks granular paper-to-paper citation networks.
Generates visual concept map clusters for broader research fields, but lacks granular paper-to-paper citation networks.

SpecialistVisualizes text as topical knowledge graphs, but is designed for general text analysis rather than academic citation mapping.
SpecialistVisualizes text as topical knowledge graphs, but is designed for general text analysis rather than academic citation mapping.