Get ready to supercharge your research with the new AI Assistant available in Papers Pro. This powerful tool simplifies every step of your research process, making it easier than ever to discover and understand your research articles. Whether you’re running precise searches to finding the latest studies in your field, diving deeper into your reading, or uncovering hidden patterns across your library of references, the AI Assistant is here to transform the way you conduct research.

Discover New Research

The first step in research often involves discovering what’s already been done in your field. But this can be more complicated than it seems – requiring deep understanding of all possible keyword variations and the ability to craft precise search queries to discover relevant research.

Papers Pro simplifies this process with its AI-powered search. Now, with your own AI research assistant, you can turn natural language searches into complex search queries effortlessly. To use this feature, go to ‘Search’ in the side menu and click the ‘advanced’ link under the search bar. Here, the AI Assistant will refine your search.

For example, we searched for PFOS research connected to Florida published between 2020 and 2024. As shown in the video, the query builder translates this natural language prompt into a Boolean search string, ensuring that all relevant articles are included in your search results. With this tool, you’ll never miss out on crucial research again.

Deepen Your Understanding

Once you find articles relevant to your research and add them to your library, the next step is to make sense of all the information. Using the Chat with a PDF functionality, you can ask questions of your research materials and receive contextual answers. From summarizing research, to translating the language, to explaining concepts in simpler terms, the AI Assistant will help you understand a wider array of research more quickly than ever before.

In the prompt shown below, a question was asked about the genome analyzed in the research article and if it can be found in any other fish. The highlighted text in the PDF indicates where the AI Assistant drew its answer from – making it easy to validate and confirm the accuracy of the response.

*The Chat with a PDF functionality is also available with limitations in Papers Essential.

Try out these sample prompts to get started using Chat with a PDF:

• Summarize the main findings of this research paper in simple terms.
• What is the primary research question or hypothesis in this study?
• What is the methodology used in this paper?
• What are the key arguments or theories presented by the authors?
• Can you break down the statistical analysis used in this paper?

Uncover Patterns

Use the AI Assistant to identify commonalities and connections in your library of research. Ask questions on sets of articles, enabling you to discover commonalities or conduct cross-article searches with ease.

To use this tool, click on the Setting gear that appears when you hover over the library you would like to analyze. Hover over the Assistant option. Click on“Launch AI Session”. You will be taken to a new tab where you can type your question into the search bar to have the AI Assistant analyze your specified library.

In this example, we’re looking for information on which shark species are mentioned in our selected group of articles:

Once Papers AI is finished analyzing the articles, it was able to find dozens of different shark species mentioned across those articles:

Ready to Transform Your Research Workflow?

Sign up for a free 30 day trial and explore the transformative power of the AI Assistant on your research workflows. As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at support@papersapp.com.

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SmartCite is the most powerful way to access your Papers library directly within Microsoft Word and Google Docs so you can cite as you write and create an automatic bibliography. With SmartCite, you can choose from over 9,000 citation styles to insert citations and generate a bibliography – all with a few clicks.

To begin simplifying your citation process, start by installing SmartCite. You can access and install the SmartCite add on in the Word Add In Store and the Google Workspace Marketplace. Once you’ve installed SmartCite, you’re ready to go!

For both Microsoft Word and Google Doc users, the SmartCite Add In will load on the right side of your window and here, you can easily convert a reference from your Papers library into an in-text citation. Simply search for the reference from the SmartCite window, select it, and click “insert citation” at the bottom of the window:

SmartCite will insert and format your citation and generate an ordered bibliography.

By default, the citation style is set to “Nature”, but you can easily change this and choose from over 9,000 citation styles by selecting “Bibliography” from the SmartCite panel:

You can either type in the name of your desired style or scroll to find what you’re looking for.

Once you’ve made your selection, hit “Update Bibliography” on the bottom of the SmartCite panel and every citation in your paper, as well as your entire bibliography, will update accordingly:

You can change your style at any time by navigating back to this menu and repeating the process above.

SmartCite Best Practices:

• When searching for a citation style in the SmartCite window, use the full, unabbreviated name of style, e.g. American Psychological Association for APA

• When collaborating on a document with other Papers’ users, we recommend turning off “track changes” within Word as this can result in SmartCite not updating correctly

• To edit a citation, head directly to the SmartCite menu rather than editing the inline citation directly. You can edit any citation by navigating here:

• If you’re working on a large document (50+ pages), we recommend turning off automatic bibliography updates. For a deeper understanding of why we make this recommendation, check out this article!

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While SmartCite offers many options for customization, one thing we frequently get questions about is how to change your font in Word while using SmartCite. The choice of font for your bibliography can have a significant impact on your paper’s quality. For example, the American Psychological Association (APA) requires certain font styles and sizes for papers. Simply selecting the APA citation style in SmartCite will not automatically change your bibliography’s font to the recommended size and style if you are using the default Word font, Calibri, in your paper. 

But no need to worry! Adjusting your bibliography’s font is simple. If you have a blank document, click on “Home” in Word and mark the font your citation style requires: 

Once you’ve selected your font, SmartCite will generate your inline citations and bibliography in that style from there on out.

If you’ve already started writing and need to convert your entire document to that font, simply highlight your document (bibliography and all) and then select the font of your choice.

Your entire document will automatically convert to that required font. 

If you have any issues or further questions about using fonts in SmartCite, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@papersapp.com. 

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