Research is better together. 🐰 Invite your lab, co-authors or supervisor to a collection, and you can build your reading list side by side.
Ways to use shared collections
Lab or research group: build a shared reading list for your group’s topic, so everyone stays up to date.
Supervisor and student: share the papers behind a thesis chapter, and get feedback on what to read next.
Co-authors: gather the sources for a paper or literature review in one place, as you write it.
Journal clubs and teaching: share readings with a class or group. See Using ResearchRabbit in your teaching and supervision.
How to invite collaborators
Go to your Library and open the collection you want to share.
Click Share, or the settings icon (cog), at the top right of the collection.
Choose Invite Collaborators and add their email addresses.
Choose whether each person is an Editor or a Viewer.
Editors and viewers
Editors can add, move and remove papers in the collection.
Viewers can see the collection, but can’t change it.
Managing your collaborators
Click Share, or the settings icon (cog), to change what each collaborator can do, and to check whether they’ve accepted your invitation.
Accepting an invitation
When someone invites you to their collection, we’ll send you an email called Collection Invite.
New to ResearchRabbit? Click Create Account in the email, and sign up with the same email address the invitation was sent to. You’ll join the collection once your account is set up.
Already have an account? You’ll also see a number next to Invites in your profile menu. Follow the steps below.
Click your profile icon at the top right of ResearchRabbit.
Choose Invites.
You’ll see who invited you, which collection it is, and whether you’re joining as an Editor or a Viewer. Click Accept to join, or Decline.
What collaborators can see
Everyone you share with can see your notes, and any sub-collections inside the collection.
💡 Keep a private collection for your own reading, and move papers into the shared one when you’re ready. You can move or copy papers one by one or in bulk. See Organizing your articles with collections.
Tips for working together
Organise with sub-collections. Split a shared collection by theme, chapter or stage of your review, so everyone knows where papers belong. Sub-collections are shared too. See Organizing your articles with collections.
Use notes to explain why a paper matters. Everyone can see your notes, so a quick line on why you added a paper saves your collaborators time.
Agree who edits. Make the people building the collection Editors, and anyone who just needs to read along Viewers.
Find new papers together. Start a search from your shared collection to find papers similar to everything you’ve collected so far. See How to start a search from a collection.
Common questions
Can I share a collection without inviting people?
Yes. If you just want people to view it, share a public link instead. See How to share a collection with a public link.
Do I need ResearchRabbit+ to collaborate?
No, you can share collections and invite collaborators on the free plan.
Do collaborators need a ResearchRabbit account?
Yes. When you invite someone, they get an email asking them to create an account. They need to sign up with the same email address you invited, so the invitation can find them. If they use a different email, ask them which one, and invite that address instead.