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Ever wish there was just one place with all the most helpful threads on lit review, Litmaps and more?
Here it is.
20 of the best threads on all the ways to use Litmaps, from @Artifexx @AcademicChatter @MushtaqBilalPhD @ThePhDPlace and us:
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Find a paper someone referenced, fast
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Spot a gap in the literature
Take some papers on your topic, and nail down a new gap to explore from them.
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Embed your Litmap into Obsidian
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Prioritise papers using Maps
When faced with dozens or 100s of papers, prioritise which ones to read first.
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Mushtaq Bilal's Guide to Litmaps
Plus, he shows how to use the Zotero Connector to pull down papers fast.
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Make sure you didn't miss an important paper in your lit review
Or, do it to check what other papers may have missed.
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The well-known "Effortless Lit Review", from July 2023
A whole process for how to efficiently conduct a lit review.
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Discover Authors, and find other papers they've published
Guide to the new "Co-Author Search" feature in Discover.
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Start collaborating more effectively on lit reviews
Number 2 shows how to share your Litmap with collaborators and supervisors.
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Using Litmaps with SciSpace
Using Litmaps first and Scispace second to drill down.
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Using Litmaps with SciSpace, in reverse!
Start with SciSpace to find key starting papers, then use those to Discover more in Litmaps.
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Simple intro to finding papers with Litmaps
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Total guide to Litmaps features, from Ilya
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Review a researcher's portfolio, using Maps
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Simple intro to using Discover to find more papers
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ChatGPT Plugin for Litmaps
Use ChatGPT to find papers and discover topics, using our plugin.
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Discover scholars and journals
Lit reviews are more than just collecting papers. Really understand a field by its scholars and journals.
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Customise Maps
Move papers around to group them exactly how you like.
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Automatic alerts for new papers
Use "Monitor" for Discover searches, to get automatic emails for new, relevant papers
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Systematic Reviews
How to use Litmaps for sys reviews, and still follow best guidelines
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