The Struggling Scientists

How to Use Research Rabbit to Explore a Research Field

The Struggling Scientists

Show Notes

ResearchRabbit gives researchers a different way to explore scientific literature by visualising the connections between papers, citations and authors. 🐇🔎

In this walkthrough, we show you how we use ResearchRabbit to explore a research field. We start with just one paper and gradually build a collection, before showing how you can start with an existing Zotero library or BibTeX file and explore a much larger body of literature. 📚

We also look at how ResearchRabbit can help you discover connected papers, identify influential research, explore author networks and find connections that can be difficult to spot in a traditional list of search results. 🕸️

🐇 Try ResearchRabbit https://thestrugglingscientists.com/ResearchRabbit

Chapters 00:00 👋 Introduction 00:56 🐇 How ResearchRabbit changes literature discovery 01:51 📄 Starting with one paper 03:58 📚 Starting with Zotero or an existing collection 04:31 🕸️ Understanding the literature map 05:41 🔎 Refining your literature search 06:20 ⚠️ Research alerts and retracted references 06:49 👩‍🔬 Exploring authors and collaborations 07:23 💭 Final thoughts and takeaways

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