Springtime at Paperpile: What’s fresh and what’s coming next?
Last autumn we introduced a completely new version of Paperpile, fully rewriting the original web application first launched in 2013.
There's a lot we could say about the hundreds of improvements we've made, both big and small. There's also plenty to share about how this new version lays the groundwork for exciting features coming soon.
In this blog post, we'll start with an overview of the new Paperpile and give you a glimpse of what's next. It's spring, and everyone here at Paperpile is feeling energized and eager to keep improving things—and to tell you all about it.
Introducing New Integrations With Literature Discovery Tools Part 4: Litmaps
Building a reading list at the start of a new research project and ensuring you don’t overlook important papers can take time and energy.
But literature discovery tools like Litmaps can take the pain out of this process.
Now you can save papers discovered with Litmaps directly to your Paperpile library.
Introducing New Integrations With Literature Discovery Tools Part 3: Open Knowledge Maps
Becoming familiar with a new field or area of study can take time. It’s not always easy to get a comprehensive overview of current knowledge or find key papers on different subtopics.
With Paperpile’s integration with Open Knowledge Maps, you can easily discover groups of related papers and save them directly to your Paperpile library.
Introducing New Integrations With Literature Discovery Tools Part 2: Connected Papers
Developing a comprehensive overview of a research field can be a time-consuming task.
When you come across an important paper in your research, the last thing you want is to miss related studies that could strengthen your literature review.
You could manually track down each reference cited in the paper, which is both time-consuming and tedious.
Or you could use a literature discovery tool like Connected Papers to quickly uncover related research and deepen your understanding of the subject.
We’re excited to announce that you can now save references discovered in Connected Papers directly to Paperpile.
7 things I wish I had known about reference managers as a PhD student
As a PhD student in applied math, nobody discussed reference management with me.
But during my PhD program, I learned how to use BibTeX for citation formatting in LaTeX documents. I thought it was enough that I could create a citation and it would automatically show up in my document’s bibliography.
My reference management used to consist of a messy stack of journal articles on my desk. I painstakingly entered the details of every paper I needed to cite into a BibTeX file by hand — without even using Google Scholar to copy the citations!
That was it. I thought I had reference management sorted.