literature-review — independent software & tools

4 independent literature-review listings the big search engines bury.

• citracer

  github · Free · by darkbluevn1765

  Trace research papers recursively to map relevant citations and build interactive knowledge graphs based on keywords or semantic similarity.

• opencode-research-mcp

  github · Free · by Elroysemiliterate213

  Search, retrieve, and traverse academic papers efficiently using an MCP server with support for institutional paywalls and multi-source research.

• openalex-skill

  github · Free · by Out-bloodspavin173

  Find literature, trace citations, discover authors, institutions, and fields with a human-friendly OpenAlex CLI and skill for fast research lookup

• awesome-scientific-ai-tools

  github · Free · by sparzinhogames-hash

  Discover AI tools, MCP servers, and agent skills for scientific research across literature, data, writing, and lab work