Reading Assistant

Read Papers Smarter With AI

Upload PDFs and let AI help you understand complex papers. Get summaries, explanations of methodology, key findings extraction, and answers to your questions — all with inline citations.

PDF Upload
Smart Summaries
Citation Support

How It Works

Get started with Reading Assistant in three simple steps.

Step 1: Upload Your Paper
ChatAcademia

Analyze and understand uploaded PDF files.

Ask a question about your uploaded paper

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Key Features

Everything you need to get the most out of Reading Assistant.

Paper Summarization

Get concise summaries of uploaded papers, including key findings, methodology, and conclusions.

Interactive Q&A

Ask questions about the paper and get answers with specific page and section references.

Citation Extraction

Automatically extract and format citations from papers for use in your own work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready to read papers smarter?

Upload your research papers and get AI-powered analysis with citations in seconds.

Explore Other Research Agents

ChatAcademia offers specialized AI agents for every stage of your research workflow.

Find Papers

Stop switching between databases. Find relevant papers from ArXiv, PubMed, Google Scholar, and more — all in one search. Filter, sort, and organize results effortlessly.

Brainstorm Research Questions

Stuck on what to research? Let AI help you brainstorm, refine, and explore research questions based on your field, interests, and existing literature.

Identify Research Gaps

Automatically analyze academic literature to find under-explored areas, methodological gaps, and opportunities for new contributions in your research domain.

Find Novel Research Questions

Discover truly original research questions with AI-powered novelty scoring. Each question is checked against existing literature and scored from 0 to 10 for novelty.

Ask Audio Notes

Record your research thoughts on the go. The AI transcribes, organizes, and helps you develop audio notes into structured research content.

Find Citations

Find the right citations for your claims, arguments, and literature review. The AI searches across databases to find supporting sources and helps you build a strong citation list.

Extract Data

Automatically extract tables, figures, key findings, and structured data from research papers. Save hours of manual data extraction with AI-powered document processing.

Zotero

Connect your Zotero library and have AI-powered conversations about your entire reference collection. Search, analyze, and discover connections across your papers.

Mendeley

Connect your Mendeley account and have intelligent conversations about your research documents. Search by title, author, or year across your entire library.