The list of popular AI-based tools is divided into subcategories
| Step | AI tool | Function | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Articles collecting | Semantic Scholar | Identifying the proper papers, extracting meaning, checking highly influential citations, and recommending the latest documents that may be of interest | [29, 30] |
| Scite.ai | Identifying the most significant papers and demonstrating the connections between them | [30, 31] | |
| PICO Portal | Identifying the most relevant papers meeting specific PICO criteria | [35] | |
| Literature analyzing | Genei | Condensing research papers, extracting the essential information | [37] |
| ChatPDF | Extracting information from PDF files by answering the posed questions (e.g., primary outcomes from the study, conclusions, limitations) | [40, 41] | |
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| Perplexity AI | Answering the posed questions and providing resources | [30, 42] | |
| Elicit | Summarizing papers, finding themes and concepts across papers, extracting data, synthesizing the findings | [43] | |
| Writing and refining a manuscript | Grammarly | Context-specific suggestions to help with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, style improvements | [48, 49] |
| Trinka AI | Checking the word choice, usage, style, and grammar | [30, 48] | |
| QuillBot | Paraphrasing, grammar check, ensuring the appropriate vocabulary, tone, and style, text summarizing | [30, 50] | |
| Writefull | Text revision, language and tone check, paraphrasing, title and abstract generator | [30, 53] | |
| Wordtune | Paraphrasing, eliminating grammar, and spelling errors | [54, 55] | |
| Paperpal | Ensuring adherence to stringent quality standards (specialized in academic papers) | [30, 56] | |
| Jenni AI | Autocomplete in-text citations, comprehensive prompts generation, paraphrasing, paper refining, plagiarism check | [30] | |
| Peer review | Penelope.ai | Paper evaluation, ensuring that manuscripts meet specific criteria, journal requirements | [30, 57] |
| Copyleaks | Plagiarism detector across nearly every language, AI-generated content detection | [58] | |
| StatReviewer | Identifying methodological and statistical errors | [57] |
AI: artificial intelligence; PICO: P—patients, I—intervention, C—comparison, O—outcomes