Paperguide: AI Research Platform for Systematic Reviews — 2026 Guide

AI Search Across 200M+ Papers

Ask a research question in plain language and AI Search returns a synthesized answer drawn from across 200M+ papers, with every claim linked to its source. You don't have to guess the right keywords first.

Find the evidence without guessing the right keywords first.

AI-Native Reference Manager

The Reference Manager is where your papers live. Import from Zotero or Mendeley, add papers by DOI, and metadata and open-access PDFs are fetched for you. Read, annotate, and keep notes attached to each paper across projects, then ask your library questions and get citation-grounded answers through the Research Agent.

Every paper you save is available to search, review, extraction, and writing.

Rigorous, Auditable Systematic Reviews with PRISMA Reporting

Run a predefined protocol, documented search, recorded screening decisions, and a matching PRISMA flow in one workspace. Dual Review lets two reviewers screen independently with a conflict resolver, and AI never decides — it prepares the cited evidence. Each review ends with verified tables, a synthesized report, and a PRISMA diagram from your actual counts.

The review is auditable and survives peer review, regulatory audit, and client scrutiny.

Structured Evidence Tables You Can Verify

Pull study details, variables, and outcomes from many papers at once. Define your own extraction columns and AI fills them across every selected paper, with each extracted value linked back to the statement it came from and confirmed by a verifier before synthesis. Compare findings across studies side by side, then export to CSV or Excel.

Nothing is taken on trust — every value in the table cites the statement it came from.

One Agent for Exploring, Reading, and Reviewing Literature

Research Agent, Chat with PDF, and Literature Review are the same agent working across your question and your papers. It runs multi-step investigations across 200M+ papers and your library, lets you chat with a single paper or several at once, and generates a synthesized review of up to 50 papers organized by theme and cited throughout.

Turn a pile of papers into something you can reason from.

Research, Write, and Cite in One Place

Generate a citation-grounded draft from a research question, or write it yourself with the agent alongside you. Every AI-written passage is grounded in real literature and cited to it, never invented references. Cite from your own library and 200M+ papers in the same document, and switch between 1,000+ citation styles without reformatting by hand.

Draft from the papers you have collected, with an agent that researches, edits, and cites as you write.

• AI-native platform for scientific research workflowsPaperguide is described as an AI-native platform for scientific research workflows and evidence synthesis, covering finding, organizing, and synthesizing research for literature reviews or running rigorous, auditable systematic reviews. It includes AI-native reference management, research agents, data extraction, and citation-grounded writing built in.
• Trusted by 1 million+ researchersThe site states it is trusted by 1 million+ researchers, including teams at leading institutions worldwide.
• Systematic Review with PRISMA reporting and dual reviewPaperguide runs rigorous, auditable systematic reviews with PRISMA reporting. It supports dual review where two reviewers screen independently with a conflict resolver, and AI never decides—it prepares the cited evidence. Each review ends with verified tables, a synthesized report, and a PRISMA diagram from actual counts.
• Citation-grounded AI Writer and 1,000+ citation stylesAI Writer allows drafting from collected papers, with every AI-written passage grounded in real literature and cited to it, never invented references. Users can cite from their own library and 200M+ papers in the same document, and switch between 1,000+ citation styles without reformatting by hand.

• Pricing and plan limits vary by tierPricing is tiered: Free, Plus ($12 per seat/month billed annually), Pro ($29 per seat/month billed annually), Evidence Teams ($89 per seat/month billed annually), and Enterprise (custom). AI credits, systematic review paper limits, extract data table columns and papers, plagiarism checker words, and Search API requests differ per plan. A flash sale till 08 October 2026 offers an extra 50% discount on all plans with code RESEARCH50.
• Some features are marked coming soonImage and table extraction is listed as 'Coming soon' on the Pro and Evidence Teams plans, so it is not yet available.
• AI screening requires human verificationFor AI Systematic Review, AI screens with evidence attached to every call, and a named verifier confirms each stage. The final call is always human and on record. For dual review, AI never decides—it prepares the cited evidence.
• Systematic review paper limits per planSystematic reviews are limited by plan: up to 1,000 papers on Plus, up to 5,000 papers on Pro and Evidence Teams. The Free plan does not list systematic review support.

Systematic Reviews with PRISMA Reporting

Run rigorous, auditable systematic reviews in one workspace with a predefined protocol, documented search, recorded screening decisions, and a matching PRISMA flow. Dual Review lets two reviewers screen independently with a conflict resolver, while AI never decides—it prepares the cited evidence for each criterion. The final call is always human and on record, and each review ends with verified tables, a synthesized report, and a PRISMA diagram from your actual counts. Built for journal submissions, HTA dossiers, and CERs.

AI-Native Reference Management

Collect and organize papers in an AI-native library that feeds every workflow. Import from Zotero or Mendeley, or add papers by DOI, and metadata and open-access PDFs are fetched for you. Read, annotate, and keep notes attached to each paper across projects, then ask your library questions and get citation-grounded answers through the Research Agent. Every paper you save is available to search, review, extraction, and writing.

Structured Data Extraction from Many Papers

Turn a stack of papers into a structured evidence table by pulling study details, variables, and outcomes from many papers at once. Define your own extraction columns and AI fills them across every selected paper, with every extracted value linking back to the statement it came from so nothing is taken on trust. Compare findings across studies side by side in one table and export to CSV or Excel when it is time for analysis.

Citation-Grounded Literature Reviews and Writing

Set the protocol first, then get a synthesized review of up to 50 papers organized by theme and cited throughout. The AI Writer lets you draft from the papers you have collected, with an agent that researches, edits, and cites as you write. Every AI-written passage is grounded in real literature and cited to it, never invented references, and you can cite from your own library and 200M+ papers in the same document while switching between 1,000+ citation styles without reformatting by hand.

Go to chatpdf.com and click 'Upload PDF' — no account required for the free tier.

Select a PDF file from your device (up to 50 MB on the free plan).

Wait 2-5 seconds for the AI to process and index the document.

Type your first question in natural language and review the cited answer.