ai4paper

# Tool List **Making research papers more accessible and efficient.** AI4Paper is a Zotero plugin that covers the entire research process from finding literature to writing reviews. All AI functions are based on real literature, fast but accurate. Supports Zotero 7 / 8 | Official website: [ai4paper.pro](https://ai4paper.pro) ## Features ### 🔍 Literature Search - **AI-powered Literature Search** — Input keywords, AI translates them into multiple English variants, searches multiple academic databases, results sorted by citation count, one-click import to Zotero - **Journal Ranking** — Search results automatically labeled with CAS partition, JCR partition (Q1-Q4), impact factor, SCIE/SSCI/CSCD/CSSCI inclusion - **Chinese PDF Recognition** — Drag Chinese papers into Zotero, automatically recognize title, author, journal, abstract, keywords - **Field Tracking** — Set research area, automatically lock high-quality journals, regularly retrieve new papers, automatically import - **Fake Literature Detection** — Paste reference list, verify each item against authoritative databases to prevent citing AI-generated fake papers ### 📖 Read Literature - **AI Reading Assistance** — Open PDF, click "Reading Assistance", ask and answer, explain terms, formulas, and methods - **Word Translation** — 12 translation engines built-in (Volcano/Google/DeepL/Youdao/Baidu/etc.), translate selected text, side panel or floating window - **AI Explanation** — Select text, pop-up AI button, click floating window for AI interpretation - **Mind Map** — One-click generate paper structure map, support PNG/OPML export, import to XMind, etc. - **AI Notes** — In-depth analysis, note-taking, reading, dialogue, professional review, and more, automatically generated and saved - **Note Management** — All AI notes summarized in one panel, filtered by type/time/folder, batch export to Markdown - **Note Sync** — Zotero built-in sync or AI4Paper cloud AES-256 end-to-end encrypted sync ### 📁 Manage Literature - **PDF Organization** — Entire folder PDF import, automatically extract DOI, query metadata, rename, archive - **Metadata Refresh** — One-click complete title, author, abstract, DOI, citation count, English title automatically translated to Chinese - **Journal Partition Refresh** — SCI/CAS/JCR/impact factor, custom column display - **AI Auto-tagging** — 92 built-in rules for zero-cost tagging + AI intelligent bilingual tagging - **Smart Cleanup** — Duplicate literature/empty items/orphan attachments/invalid attachments/low-quality papers, five types of issues scanned at once - **Advanced Screening** — Year/partition/inclusion/tag, multi-condition combined screening ### ✍️ Write Review - **Basic Review** — Select a batch of literature, three depths: title review (light)/abstract review (standard)/in-depth review (deep) - **One-click Review Analysis** — Input keywords → automatically search literature → citation network crawling → multi-round AI screening → generate 3000-5000 word professional review report - **Professional Review Report** — Review introduction/research topic clustering/methodology comparison/core findings and contradictions/Gap analysis/future research roadmap, each point labeled with real literature number - **Iterative Refining** — Selected core literature can be repeatedly refined, re-generated from different angles, and new literature added - **Literature Matrix** — Multiple papers automatically generate comparison tables (research question/method/data/result/contribution/limitation) ### 🛠️ Basic Tools - **Attachment Download (Multi-source)** — Multi-source automatic PDF download - **BibTeX Export / PDF Import** — LaTeX citation export, batch PDF import - **Eye-care Mode** — 10 preset eye-care colors, more comfortable PDF reading - **Reading Tracking** — Automatically record reading time and progress for each paper - **Knowledge Base Q&A** — RAG-based literature database Q&A, all papers become searchable knowledge base ### 🤖 AI Services Supports 20+ AI service providers with one-click switching: **Domestic**: AI4Paper (recommended), Tongyi Qianwen, DeepSeek, Zhipu, Kimi, Doupao, Lingyi Wanwu, Wenxin Yiyan, MiniMax, Silicon-based Flow **International**: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, xAI (Grok), OpenRouter, Groq, Together AI **Local**: Ollama (completely offline) ## Installation 1. Download the latest XPI file: [Releases](https://github.com/wdcpclover/ai4paper/releases) 2. Open Zotero → Tools → Add-ons 3. Click gear icon → Install Add-on From File → select downloaded XPI file 4. Restart Zotero, register account for **7-day full-feature trial** Supports Zotero 7 / 8. ## Links - 🌐 Official website: [ai4paper.pro](https://ai4paper.pro) - 📖 User documentation: [ai4paper.pro/docs](https://ai4paper.pro/docs/) - 🔍 Journal query: [ai4paper.pro/journal](https://ai4paper.pro/journal) ## License Copyright © 2026 AI4Paper. All rights reserved.