
ALT Citation map showing how to prioritize research papers by publication date and citation count. Older highly cited papers may be foundational, recent highly cited papers may be currently influential, and recent papers with fewer citations may represent emerging research. Citation count should support, not replace, qualitative assessment.

ALT Infographic comparing keyword search and citation network search for literature reviews. Keyword search is fast and useful for current terminology but can miss older or cross-disciplinary work. Citation network search can surface connected, foundational, and cross-disciplinary papers but requires seed papers. Using both methods together provides broader coverage.

ALT Infographic comparing literature review databases by field: PubMed for health sciences, PsycINFO for social sciences, Web of Science for natural sciences and engineering, and JSTOR for humanities. It recommends starting with a subject database, adding Scopus or Web of Science, then using ResearchRabbit to explore connections between papers.

ALT Infographic showing four types of research papers that keyword searches can miss: foundational papers with outdated terminology, cross-disciplinary papers, influential papers with non-obvious titles, and recent papers with few citations. It also shows how ResearchRabbit’s References, Similar, and Citations features can help researchers discover these papers through citation networks.





