Scite.ai

Scite.ai is the AI research platform built around Smart Citations — the company's defining capability that classifies how research papers are cited (supporting, contrasting, or mentioning) across 1.2 billion+ citation statements indexed from scientific literature. Founded in 2018 in Brooklyn, Scite.ai has grown into a leading specialized brand in the AI citation analysis category, with adoption among researchers, universities, pharmaceutical companies, and research-intensive organizations needing to understand the credibility and reception of scientific findings. Pricing is tiered with transparent personal pricing: Personal at $20/month (monthly) covers individual researchers with full Scite Assistant, Full-Text Search, Custom Dashboards, Paper Citation Reports, Citation Alerts, and MCP Access. Annual billing saves 40% (effective $12/month). Organization tier is custom-priced for companies and universities with everything in Personal Plan plus flexible access via domain/IP/email, API and MCP access, tiered volume pricing, user analytics, additional datasets (Patents, Clinical Trials), advanced AI models, shared dashboards, and enhanced data exports. Free 7-day trial available for Personal plan. Scite.ai's differentiation versus traditional academic search engines (Google Scholar, PubMed), citation databases (Web of Science, Scopus), and AI research tools (Elicit, SciSpace, Consensus) is the Smart Citations methodology combined with citation context analysis: rather than just showing how many times a paper is cited (citation count) or whether it's cited (binary), Scite.ai classifies the type of citation — supporting evidence, contrasting evidence, or mentioning — providing materially better signal on whether a paper's findings are validated, contested, or simply referenced by subsequent literature. Scite.ai capabilities include Smart Citations classification (1.2B+ citation statements), Scite Assistant for research questions, full-text search across scientific literature, custom dashboards for paper tracking, citation alerts for new citations, MCP (Model Context Protocol) access for AI agents, API access (Organization tier), and additional datasets including Patents and Clinical Trials. The platform serves academic researchers, pharmaceutical companies, universities, and research-intensive organizations globally. Scite.ai operates under SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and standard academic compliance.