Rachel Segal
October 1, 2024 --

Improve Literature Discovery with ReadCube’s New AI-Enhanced Search

Literature Monitoring Blog

With a new research paper published every 30 seconds, finding the most relevant and up-to-date scientific literature can be overwhelming. Traditional publication search methods are often disconnected and inefficient, making it all too easy to miss critical information.

ReadCube’s new AI-enhanced search and Literature Monitoring solution streamlines how researchers discover and access the latest scientific literature. Powered by Dimensions data, it offers access to over 150 million articles, and is set to revolutionize literature discovery.

Key Features of ReadCube’s AI-Enhanced Search

Basic and Advanced Search Options

ReadCube caters to quick and in-depth searches. The Dimensions search toolbar allows for broad exploration, while the advanced search helps you refine results by customizing queries.

Simply click the “Advanced” button to construct complex and precise search queries, which helps you avoid syntax errors. This helps research teams find the best articles for their work with ease.

Full-Text Search

With ReadCube’s full-text search feature, you can scan an entire article’s content, not just titles or abstracts, ensuring no critical detail is overlooked.

Search results of all indexed articles are displayed with highlighted terms within the context of the complete text, showing the exact location of search terms within each document. You can refine search results by applying filters such as publication date, journal name, or author, improving accuracy and relevance.

With Full-Text Search, you can:

  • Find articles that mention specific concepts, methodologies, or data points not highlighted in the title or abstract, making literature reviews more comprehensive. 
  • Reduce time spent sifting through irrelevant articles, gaining more efficient information retrieval, and filtering down to exact keyword phrases within articles.
  • Discover valuable articles they might have been missed using traditional search methods, broadening research efficiency and scope.

Query Builder

The Query Builder empowers you to quickly and systematically find the relevant research papers you need without sifting through large volumes of irrelevant data. Build precise keyword search phrases using advanced parameters and logical boolean operators (e.g., AND, OR, NOT). Even if you’re not a search expert, you can easily structure complex search queries and refine them by adjusting parameters.

AI-Powered Search Assist

ReadCube’s premium AI Assist tool makes the search process fast, intuitive, and accessible to everyone, regardless of your query-building knowledge.

It automatically interprets your intent and converts plain or natural language (e.g., everyday English) descriptions into complex, well-structured queries. It processes the text and extracts key concepts, parameters, and logical relationships to construct a detailed search query, ensuring that search results are highly relevant to your needs.

Starred Searches

Starred Searches saves frequently used search parameters and queries for easy access, ensuring consistency in your data collection and research process. Quickly view, sort, and manage a list of multiple Starred Searches at any time, keeping your research organized and structured.

Perform any advanced search option (described above) as usual, inputting your query criteria into the Dimensions toolbar. After reviewing the search results, save the query by clicking the star icon to the right of the search bar at the top of the results page.

AI-Powered Filtering of Search Results

This premium AI-Powered Filtering tool further refines search results based on natural language inputs, making the discovery of relevant articles more intuitive.

For example, a pharmaceutical research team may wish to refine their search results to learn about the side effects of new thyroid treatments.

After launching the “Filter” tool from the top right corner of the screen, you can write your own plain-language query or select from a list of suggested prompts, such as “Filter for papers that explore the adverse effects, side effects, or safety profile.” See the screenshot example below.

You can then review the filtered results and adjust their natural language inputs when necessary.

Email Alerts and AI Summaries

With ReadCube, you can automate saved article searches for more intelligent scientific literature monitoring, depositing full-text articles from the results into a shared library. This new feature boosts team collaboration and reduces manual screening time so your team can focus on analysis and innovation.

Teams will receive real-time, AI-curated emails that keep them informed of new, relevant research that fits their search parameters so they never miss a critical paper again.

ReadCube offers daily, weekly, or monthly email alerts sent to multiple users, improving the quality of your literature reviews.

Shared library users can also access custom AI article summaries that surface crucial findings specific to team research topics.

Improving Research Workflows with AI-Enhanced Search

ReadCube’s new AI-enhanced search and Literature Monitoring improves the research workflow for professionals in a range of industries – from pharmaceuticals to consumer products to health and human services.

By combining powerful search capabilities with intuitive AI-driven tools, ReadCube is making it easier than ever to research, manage, review, and report on the overwhelming explosion of scientific literature published daily.

Schedule a personalized demo to learn how your organization can save time and resources with ReadCube’s new AI-powered search and literature monitoring features or contact your ReadCube account executive for more details.