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I recently read somewhere that a paper is a small part of a long on-going conversation. I found this description aptly. To comprehend the latest paper, I frequ

I recently read somewhere that a paper is a small part of a long on-going conversation. I found this description aptly. To comprehend the latest paper, I frequently find it necessary to grasp the context provided by its citations. All pertinent papers collectively shape a Directed Acyclic Graph. Is there a tool available that would enable me to organize papers in a DAG, allowing me to formulate a structured reading plan? Currently, my PDFs are scattered across different locations, and I essentially have to rely on memory to recall the dependencies between papers. I also want to share my organized papers with the same research group.

iiJDSii 3y ago
That's a really good one. As a prototype, what do you think about something like: - Paper you are currently reading taking up 2/3rds of the screen (left side) - Right side of the screen is a graph of references from, and references to, the paper - You can click on any node in the tree (paper titles of references and referencees) and then that paper loads up on your left side reading pane? (Bonus: maybe nodes in the tree can be sized relatively by how cited a paper is.) Also, would using a single site like arxiv.org be sufficient? Maybe for some fields of research but not others? As a dev I'd want to identify a single main repository as a starting point.
shishy 3y ago
For research papers, scite.ai makes citation contexts super obvious. e.g. for this DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012 here is our report page: https://scite.ai/reports/association-between-amygdala-hyperactivity-to-gVamGz https://scite.ai/reports/association-between-amygdala-hypera... Metadata at the top, the list of citations below with relevant contexts from those citations about your paper of interest. There's a visualization feature as well.

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I recently read somewhere that a paper is a small part of a long on-going conversation. I found this description aptly. To comprehend the latest paper, I frequ

by billconan 3y ago

iiJDSii 3y ago
That's a really good one. As a prototype, what do you think about something like: - Paper you are currently reading taking up 2/3rds of the screen (left side) - Right side of the screen is a graph of references from, and references to, the paper - You can click on any node in the tree (paper titles of references and referencees) and then that paper loads up on your left side reading pane? (Bonus: maybe nodes in the tree can be sized relatively by how cited a paper is.) Also, would using a single site like arxiv.org be sufficient? Maybe for some fields of research but not others? As a dev I'd want to identify a single main repository as a starting point.
shishy 3y ago
For research papers, scite.ai makes citation contexts super obvious. e.g. for this DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012 here is our report page: https://scite.ai/reports/association-between-amygdala-hyperactivity-to-gVamGz https://scite.ai/reports/association-between-amygdala-hypera... Metadata at the top, the list of citations below with relevant contexts from those citations about your paper of interest. There's a visualization feature as well.