Scite in Best AI for Research
Citation platform that shows how later papers cite a study, labeled as supporting, contrasting or mentioning, with an AI assistant.
Best for
Checking whether later papers support or contradict a claim
Pricing
Basic is $20 a month or $144 a year and has no API or MCP access. Pro is $50 a month or $480 a year and adds API and MCP access. Team seats cost $50 a month each, and Enterprise is custom.
What it covers
Scite's coverage page lists 323M+ indexed articles, 50M+ full-text sources and 44+ publisher partners. It does not name the databases that feed the index.
Citations and verification
Smart Citations show the text around each citing statement and label it supporting, contrasting or mentioning. Its assistant links answers back to the cited sources.
API
The API docs are at https://api.scite.ai/docs and cover metadata, literature search, Smart Citation tallies and reference checking. An MCP server at https://api.scite.ai/mcp is included on Pro, Team and Enterprise; Basic has no API.
Strengths and limitations
- Shows whether citing papers support or contradict a claim
- Large index of 323M+ articles
- API and MCP server included from Pro
- Basic plan has no API or MCP access
- Basic collections are capped at 1,000 papers
- Team and Enterprise limits are not published
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Dated facts
- 2026-11-07: scite.ai/pricing.md lists Basic at $20 a month and Pro at $50 a month
- 2026-11-07: scite.ai/coverage lists 323M+ articles and 44+ publisher partners
Scite or Hyperresearch?
Choose Scite for checking whether later papers support or contradict a claim. For sourced research where every figure has to hold up, Hyperresearch is our editorial choice: it scored 77.7 on DRACO in our own run and checks each cited figure against its source.
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