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Litmaps

Litmaps is literature review software that helps researchers discover, visualize, share, and monitor scientific literature using the citation network.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

Litmaps is literature review software for better research, used by researchers, students and professionals across 150 countries. It offers features to discover the most relevant academic papers faster, visualize research from a bird's-eye view, share and collaborate with colleagues, students or advisors, and monitor automatic updates for new papers on a topic. Litmaps describes itself as changing the way researchers search for papers and conduct literature reviews, using the citation network and advanced search features to help find the most important papers on a topic faster. It is operated by Litmaps Ltd.

History

Litmaps is a New Zealand startup company. Its team describes itself as scientists, engineers, and designers determined to improve the research process, believing that scientific progress is essential in addressing many of humanity's challenges and that by improving how research gets done, Litmaps helps accelerate science. The company operates as Litmaps Ltd.

Products and positioning

Literature review software for better research; unique in simultaneously offering radically accelerated literature review, precise and comprehensive search, transparent and reliable algorithms, and collaboration.

  • Litmaps literature review software

    Literature review software for better research, used by researchers, students and professionals across 150 countries, with features to discover relevant academic papers, visualize research, share and collaborate, and monitor new papers.

  • Seed Maps

    A Litmaps feature referenced by users as transforming the literature review process and streamlining identification of key citations.

  • Discover

    A Litmaps feature for discovering the most relevant academic papers faster.

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