For researchers who already picked their papers
AI literature reviewfrom your PDF shortlist
Upload your screened papers. Get a theme-based, cited draft you verify page by page — then export to Word.
Pipeline
How the AI literature review 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
One long-context read builds comparable rows — findings, methods, limits, page refs — across all papers.
Thematic outline
Outline clustered from evidence in the same pass. Edit every section before drafting — themes, not paper lists.
Cited draft
Sections grounded in PDF excerpts. Click any citation for a page excerpt. Export to Word.
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Upload your shortlist
Up to 30 PDFs + optional Zotero .bib. Full text and per-page index stored — no external citation database.
- 02
Evidence table
One long-context read builds comparable rows — findings, methods, limits, page refs — across all papers.
- 03
Thematic outline
Outline clustered from evidence in the same pass. Edit every section before drafting — themes, not paper lists.
- 04
Cited draft
Sections grounded in PDF excerpts. Click any citation for a page excerpt. Export to Word.
Why LitReview
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 |
I need themes across 10+ papers, not 10 summaries▾
Typical tool
ChatPDF: one PDF at a time
LitReview AI
Evidence table + thematic outline in one long-context pass
I'm afraid of fake citations▾
Typical tool
Generic writers invent references
LitReview AI
BYOP only — page-level verification on YOUR uploads
My draft reads like an annotated bibliography▾
Typical tool
Paper-by-paper lists
LitReview AI
Prompts enforce synthesis by theme
I can't get from Zotero to a Word chapter▾
Typical tool
Scattered notes & tools
LitReview AI
Table → outline → cited draft → .docx
I don't know how much of each PDF the AI actually read▾
Typical tool
Black-box summarizers
LitReview AI
Coverage meter per PDF before you generate
Fit
Built for a specific workflow
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.
Integrity
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