Already have a collection of papers? 🐰 You can use it as the starting point for a new search. ResearchRabbit looks at the papers in your collection and finds the 20 most similar papers, so you can quickly see what else is out there.
When this is useful
You’ve imported your library from Zotero, Mendeley or a BibTeX file, and want to see what you might have missed.
You have a collection for a chapter or topic, and want to find more papers like the ones in it.
You want to check your literature review covers the key papers in your area.
You’re working on a longer project, like a PhD or a long-running review. Search from your collection every few months to catch new papers as your research grows.
From the home page
Click Search from a Collection, next to Start a new Search.
Choose the collection you want to start from.
From your Library
Go to your Library and open the collection.
Click Search from Collection at the top right.
What happens next
A new search opens with the 20 papers most similar to your collection. From there, you can explore just like any other search: add the best papers as Seeds, click Show more, or open a paper to explore its Similar papers, Refs and Cites. See How to grow your map.
💡 Your new search is saved in your Search History on the home page, so you can come back to it any time.
Common questions
Why does it find 20 papers?
It starts with the 20 most similar papers so the results are easy to review. You can always add more from there.
How is this different from Similar on a single paper?
Similar on a paper finds papers like that one paper. Searching from a collection looks at all the papers in your collection together. See How to find similar papers.
Can ResearchRabbit tell me about new papers automatically?
Yes, with Project Alerts, which are part of ResearchRabbit+. Choose a collection to watch, and we’ll let you know when new papers connected to it are published, weekly or monthly. On the free plan, searching from a collection is a great way to check for new papers yourself, whenever you like. See How do I get alerts for new papers?