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CiteWise is an intelligent citation management and research tool designed for students, researchers, and academics.
- Personal Library — Organize and manage your research papers with reading status tracking, keywords, and project folders
- Citation Generation — Automatic formatting in APA, Vancouver, Harvard, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, and more
- AI-Powered Search — Find relevant papers using natural language questions powered by advanced AI
- Paper Summaries — Get instant AI-generated summaries of research papers to decide what to read
You can use CiteWise with limited features as a guest user. However, creating a free account unlocks additional capabilities:
- Save your library across devices
- Organize papers into projects
- Access more AI searches and paper summaries
Signing up is free and only requires an email address.
CiteWise offers four tiers to match your research needs:
- Free — 50 citations, 1 project, 3 AI searches, 3 AI summaries, 10 library items
- Student (5.00€/month) — Unlimited citations, 5 projects, 25 AI searches, 25 AI summaries, 250 library items
- Professional (10.00€/month) — Unlimited citations, 10 projects, 50 AI searches, 50 AI summaries, 500 library items
- Expert (20.00€/month) — Unlimited citations & projects, 125 AI searches, 125 AI summaries, 1000 library items
There are several ways to add papers to your library:
- 1Auto-fill from URL/DOI — Paste a URL from PubMed, arXiv, or any research paper page, or enter a DOI. CiteWise automatically extracts title, authors, journal, and publication year.
- 2Manual Entry — Fill in the paper details manually if you have a physical copy or the auto-fill doesn't work.
- 3From AI Search — Add papers directly from your AI Search results with one click.
- Library Items — Your personal collection of research papers with full metadata, notes, reading status, and AI summaries. Designed for organizing and managing your research.
- Citations — Formatted references you can copy and use in your papers. You can convert any Library Item into a Citation in any format (APA, Vancouver, Harvard, MLA, etc.) with one click.
When adding or editing a library item, select a project from the dropdown menu. You can create new projects from the Projects page in your dashboard.
Each paper can belong to one project, helping you organize research by topic, course, or paper. You can filter your library by project and move papers between projects at any time.
Reading statuses help you track your progress through papers. Click the status dropdown on any library item to change it.
- Unread — Papers you haven't started yet
- Reading — Papers you're currently working through
- Read — Completed papers
You can filter your entire library by reading status to focus on what you need to read next.
CiteWise supports all major citation formats. You can switch between them instantly, and all citations update automatically:
- APA (7th edition)
- Vancouver
- Harvard
- MLA (9th edition)
- Oxford Standard
- Chicago (17th edition)
- IEEE
- AMA (11th edition)
- CSE (Citation-Sequence)
There are multiple ways to generate citations:
- 1Citations Page — Manually create a citation by filling in the details on the Citations page.
- 2From Library — Add a paper to your Library, then click "Add to Citations" to automatically generate a formatted citation.
- 3From AI Search — Search for papers using AI Search and add them directly to your citations.
All citations are automatically formatted in your selected style.
Yes! From your Library page's Citations tab, click the "Export" button to download your citations. Available formats:
- Plain Text (.txt) — Simple text file for any word processor
- BibTeX (.bib) — For LaTeX users and reference managers
- RIS (.ris) — Compatible with Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote
- CSL JSON (.json) — For citation style language processors
- EndNote XML (.xml) — For EndNote users
Each citation has a copy button (clipboard icon). Click it to copy the formatted citation to your clipboard, then paste it directly into your document. The citation will be in the format you selected (APA, Vancouver, etc.). For Vancouver citations, they're automatically numbered in the order you created them.
AI Search uses advanced language models to understand your research questions in natural language and find relevant scientific papers from PubMed's vast database.
Instead of using keyword search, you can ask questions like "What are the latest treatments for Type 2 diabetes?" and get relevant, summarized results with links to the original papers. It's particularly powerful for medical and biomedical research.
AI Paper Summaries provide intelligent analysis of research papers in your library. When you click "Generate AI Summary" on a paper with an abstract, the AI creates:
- An ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5) simple explanation
- Key findings from the research
- Methodology overview
- Limitations of the study
- Clinical relevance
- Future research directions
This helps you quickly understand complex papers and decide which ones to read in full.
Yes, AI features have monthly limits based on your subscription tier. These limits reset at the beginning of each month:
- Free — 3 AI searches + 3 AI paper summaries
- Student — 25 AI searches + 25 AI paper summaries
- Professional — 50 AI searches + 50 AI paper summaries
- Expert — 125 AI searches + 125 AI paper summaries
You can track your usage in the Dashboard or at the top of the Library page.
Yes! After each AI search, you can rate the results as helpful or not helpful using the thumbs up/down buttons. This feedback helps improve the AI's performance and makes future searches more accurate for everyone. Your feedback is anonymous and greatly appreciated.
AI summaries are generated based on the paper's abstract and may occasionally contain inaccuracies. Always verify important information by reading the full paper.
If a summary fails to generate or seems wrong, you can retry by clicking "Retry Summary" or contact support. The AI works best with well-structured abstracts from peer-reviewed papers.
Upgrading is quick and easy:
- 1Click your profile in the top right corner to visit your Account page
- 2In the "Current Plan" section, click "Upgrade Plan"
- 3Compare features and pricing for each tier
- 4Select your preferred tier and complete checkout
Your upgrade takes effect immediately and you'll get access to the higher tier limits right away.
Yes, you can cancel at any time with no penalties. Go to your Account page and click "Manage Subscription" to access the billing portal.
You'll retain access to your paid tier features until the end of your current billing period. After that, your account will revert to the Free tier, but you won't lose any of your saved data.
Your data is never deleted. All your library items, citations, and projects remain in your account.
However, if you exceed the limits of your new tier (e.g., you have 100 library items but downgrade to Free which allows 10), you won't be able to add new items until you're back within the limits. You can always upgrade again to regain full access.
- 1On the Sign In page, click "Forgot Password" below the password field
- 2Enter your email address
- 3Check your inbox for a password reset link
- 4Follow the link to create a new password
If you don't receive the email within a few minutes, check your spam folder or contact support.
Yes, CiteWise takes security seriously:
- All data encrypted in transit and at rest
- Secure authentication protecting your account
- Enterprise-grade Supabase infrastructure with automatic backups
- Research data is private and never shared with third parties
- Full compliance with data protection regulations
- Secure payment processing through Stripe
Yes! CiteWise is fully responsive and works on smartphones and tablets. Simply visit the website in your mobile browser. All features are available on mobile, including adding papers, generating citations, and using AI search. Your data syncs automatically across all devices when you're signed in.
In your Library, click the book icon on any paper to "View paper references." CiteWise will attempt to automatically extract all references from the paper's bibliography.
You can then select individual references or all of them, choose a project, and add them to your citations or library with one click. This is a huge time-saver for literature reviews!
- Citations — In-text references to sources (e.g., "(Smith, 2020)" or "[1]" depending on the style)
- Bibliographies — The full list of sources at the end of your paper (also called References or Works Cited)
CiteWise generates the full bibliography entries. For in-text citations, use the author names and years from your bibliography entries.
Yes! Our Student tier is specifically designed for students at 5.00€/month, which is already a significant discount compared to other academic tools. This tier includes everything most students need:
- Unlimited citations
- 5 projects
- 25 AI searches per month
- 25 AI summaries per month
- Space for 250 library items
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