From search to citation

1. Search for and screen papers

Choose a source in Literature search and enter a specific topic, such as solid-state battery interface stability. Narrow the results using the year, sorting, and other conditions supported by that source.

Check titles, abstracts, and source links. Save relevant results as a literature list or add them to the target project. Check the target project before adding them: clicking a project row in the research sidebar only expands its sessions and does not automatically change where items are saved.

2. Read the evidence

Obtain PDFs of key papers and process them in Document parsing. Use selected body text in a session, ask for comparisons of specific materials, methods, experimental conditions, or limitations, and retain the sources.

Search results are only candidates. Confirm that a paper supports a claim before adding the conclusion to your text; do not cite a paper based only on its title.

3. Match citations to your text

Open Research toolbox → Citation annotation, paste your text, and choose automatic annotation, or use [CITE:search hint] to mark positions that need citations manually.

Set year, field, and journal conditions as needed, then check each candidate paper after the run. Project favorites do not automatically become an allowlist for annotation searches and do not guarantee lower charges. To restrict the source material, explicitly provide and identify those materials in the research session.

4. Verify and export

Check that each citation supports its associated claim, replace unsuitable candidates, and resolve unmatched entries. Export the text or citation files such as BibTeX / RIS in the required format, or save the result as a project document.

Use Reference completion to standardize an existing reference list. Completing publication records and verifying evidence are separate steps; the latter still requires reading the original paper.