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Research Rabbit
Literature mapping
Research Rabbit aims to do more than other literature mapping tools. It not only maps connections between papers and suggests further research, it is also designed to replicate bibliographic management software (such as Refworks or Zotero) by helping you to maintain a list of references that you can then share with others.
Research Rabbit requires you to create a free or subscribed account. Free accounts have limitations.
Figure 1: Research Rabbit collection creation cycle
As with LitMaps, with Research Rabbit you build a growing collection of papers, and the types of papers found in that collection influences the types of papers recommended to add to it.
The options are more varied, and the process is more complex, but a simple version is as follows:
- Choose an origin paper
- Generate related papers, based on:
- Authorship
- References/citations
- Recommendations based on similar work
- Recommendations based on similar authors
- Use these related papers to generate more related papers... and use these related papers to generate more related papers... and use these related papers to generate MORE related papers... until you...
- Select a paper to add to the collection
Figure 2: Research Rabbit elements
Advantages
- Allows you to build a list of references that can become your assignment's bibliography
- Enables a huge range of directions and choices for research
- Compatible with Zotero
Disadvantages
- Complicated user interface