CiteDashFrom proposal to defense -- run literature reviews across academic databases, write thesis chapters with citations, prepare for your viva with AI-generated questions, and manage your entire reference library.
Use Quick and Standard Research to map the landscape of your topic. Identify gaps in existing literature and refine your research questions before committing to a direction.
Run Deep Research across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, CrossRef, and arXiv. Deduplicated results, credibility scoring, and up to 100 sources per session on the Ultra plan.
Generate structured chapter drafts with inline citations. Choose from 18 report tones to match your department's expectations. Export to Word, PDF, or Markdown.
Use Review Q&A to generate challenging questions about your thesis. Practice with exam prep mode, deep review questions, and MCQs based on your own chapters.
Search multiple academic databases simultaneously. CiteDash deduplicates results, scores source credibility, detects conflicts between findings, and synthesizes everything into a structured review with inline citations.
Generate structured drafts organized by theme, methodology, or chronology. Every claim is cited. Switch between 18 tones -- formal, analytical, critical, comparative -- to match your discipline's conventions.
Review Q&A generates challenging questions from your content. Use exam prep mode for rigorous practice, deep review for conceptual understanding, and flashcards for quick recall of key findings.
Upload PDFs to your library and CiteDash indexes them with AI-powered smart search. Export your formatted bibliography alongside your research for use with Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.
One query searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and more. Automatic deduplication ensures no paper is counted twice. Results are ranked by relevance and credibility.
Full audit trail for every claim. See the search queries, source evaluations, and synthesis steps. Click through to the original paper. Defend your methodology with confidence.
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Yes. CiteDash searches peer-reviewed academic databases (Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, CrossRef, arXiv), supports systematic review methodology, and provides full source provenance. The Pro and Ultra plans support up to 50 and 500 citation sources per session respectively, which is sufficient for comprehensive literature reviews.
Absolutely. Use the Literature Review or Deep Research types to search across multiple databases. CiteDash deduplicates results, evaluates source credibility, and synthesizes findings into structured reviews with inline citations. Export to Word or PDF for direct inclusion in your thesis.
Review Q&A generates questions from any content -- your thesis chapters, key papers, or research notes. Choose exam prep mode for challenging questions your examiners might ask, deep review for conceptual understanding, or flashcards for quick recall. Question types include MCQ, short answer, essay, and true/false.
Yes. Upload PDFs and DOCX files to your library. CiteDash indexes them with AI-powered smart search, making your entire collection searchable and citable alongside academic database results. The Pro plan supports up to 100 files, and the Max plan supports up to 500.
CiteDash offers a generous free tier with 50 credits so you can evaluate the platform. The Starter plan at $9/month is designed to be accessible for students. We also offer institutional pricing for universities -- ask your library to get in touch.
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