What is Scite?
Shows whether later papers support or contrast a study, with a cited research assistant and search.
Who is Scite best for?
Scite is best for researchers and students who need to check whether later papers support or contrast a study.
Checking whether a paper's findings held up
Literature questions answered with cited sentences
Citation alerts on papers you follow
How much does Scite cost?
Scite has no free plan: Basic costs $12 a month and Pro $40 a month, both billed yearly, after a 7-day free trial.
- Full Assistant and Search access
- Smart Citation reports, alerts and dashboards
- Collections of up to 1,000 papers
- API access and 2,500 MCP credits a month
- Collections of up to 10,000 papers
- Patent, clinical trial and grant datasets
Billed yearly, Basic is $144 and Pro $480 a year; paying month to month costs $20 and $50 a month. New users get a 7-day free trial and move onto the chosen plan unless they cancel first. Teams buy Pro at $40 per seat on one bill, and Enterprise for organisations and universities is priced on users and usage. Academics can ask for a discount by recommending Scite to their institution. Full pricing on scite.ai. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about Scite
What is Scite?
Shows whether later papers support or contrast a study, with a cited research assistant and search.
Who is Scite for?
Scite is best for researchers and students who need to check whether later papers support or contrast a study.
Is Scite free?
No. Scite has no free plan for its Assistant and Search. New users get a 7-day free trial of Basic or Pro, then pay from $12 a month billed yearly unless they cancel before the trial ends.
How much does Scite cost?
Scite's paid plans are Basic at $12 per month, billed yearly and Pro at $40 per month, billed yearly.
What are the best Scite alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Consensus.
Where can I try Scite?
On its official website, scite.ai.
What are Scite Smart Citations?
Smart Citations show how later papers cite a study: whether the citing sentence supports it, contrasts it or only mentions it, with the quoted text. Scite has indexed more than 1.6 billion citations across over 300 million articles, preprints, books, patents and datasets.
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