SummarizePaper

SummarizePaper reads scientific papers for you, so that researchers, students, journalists and curious readers can understand them, follow their field and check information at its source. It started in 2023 as an arXiv summarizer and now covers every step of research, from reading a paper to presenting it: summaries, chat with papers, collections, daily digest, and alerts. The service offers tools to write and present, with features like literature reviews, bibliography checks, and export options for Zotero, Notion and Obsidian.

Papers come from arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, HAL and Europe PMC, and from journals through their DOI, with metadata from OpenAlex, Crossref and Semantic Scholar. The AI reads the full text only when the license allows it, otherwise it uses the abstract; each page states which was used. Summaries can be read in 16 languages and the platform emphasizes openness and verifiability of AI outputs.

SummarizePaper makes it possible to follow a field with daily digests, watch lists, and alerts, and it provides collections to group papers and compare them. It also offers reading formats, a chat assistant that cites exact source passages, and tools to prepare presentations, journal clubs, and conference materials for researchers and students.

The service is free with basic features and daily limits, while Premium and Premium+ unlock more reading and analysis capabilities. It is created by an astronomer and published by a French company, with open-source code available under MIT license.

Use cases

• Researchers check references, compare papers, and review bibliographies
• Labs and courses present findings with AI-assisted materials