For researchers who already picked their papers
AI literature review from your PDF shortlist
Upload 3–30 PDFs. Get a theme-based, cited draft you can verify page by page — then export to Word.
How the AI literature review pipeline works
Evidence table → thematic outline → cited draft. Cites only PDFs you upload — with page-level verification. Built for the step after Elicit or Zotero, not paper discovery.
Upload your shortlist
Up to 30 PDFs + optional Zotero .bib. Full text and per-page index stored — no external citation database.
Evidence table (1 pass)
One long-context read builds comparable rows — findings, methods, limits, page refs — across all papers.
Themes, not paper lists
Outline clustered from evidence in the same pass (recommended). Edit every section before drafting.
Cited draft + page check
Sections grounded in PDF excerpts + evidence. Click any citation for a page excerpt. Export .docx.
Why researchers choose LitReview AI
| Your pain point | Typical AI tool | LitReview AI |
|---|---|---|
| I need themes across 10+ papers, not 10 summaries | ChatPDF: one PDF at a time | Evidence table + thematic outline in one long-context pass |
| I'm afraid of fake citations | Generic writers invent references | BYOP only — page-level verification on YOUR uploads |
| My draft reads like an annotated bibliography | Paper-by-paper lists | Prompts enforce synthesis by theme |
| I can't get from Zotero to a Word chapter | Scattered notes & tools | Table → outline → cited draft → .docx |
| I don't know how much of each PDF the AI actually read | Black-box summarizers | Coverage meter per PDF before you generate |
Best AI for literature review? Compare with Elicit, ChatPDF & generic writers →
For you if…
- ✓ You already have 3–30 core PDFs for your review
- ✓ You need cross-paper synthesis, not single-doc summaries
- ✓ You want a verifiable first draft before submission
- ✓ You export to Word and keep editing in your thesis
Not for you if…
- — You still need to discover papers (try Elicit first)
- — You're running a full PRISMA systematic review at scale
- — You want one-click generation without reviewing sources
LitReview AI sits after discovery: synthesize what you've already chosen to include.
Built for academic integrity
- ✓ Cites only papers you upload — no hallucinated references from a model database
- ✓ Long-context reads your corpus; drafts ground claims in PDF excerpts
- ✓ Thematic synthesis, not an annotated bibliography of one-paper summaries
- ✓ Source verification panel with PDF page excerpts before you submit
- ✓ Export to Word with a references list for your thesis workflow