Synapse - Research Paper Assistant

AI research assistant that shows key findings, PICO breakdowns, expert takes, and evidence-backed chat on any paper you read.

Synapse is an AI research assistant for the papers you read online. Open a paper on a supported journal or preprint site and Synapse opens a panel beside it with everything you need to understand the study. ASK ANYTHING Ask questions about the paper you're reading and get answers grounded in the article, with inline citations to the sources. Pick your model, dictate with your voice, or tap a suggested question to get started. DIGEST Structured breakdowns of the study: key findings, PICO (population, intervention, comparator, outcome) and expert takes, when Synapse has them. RELATED PAPERS A connected-papers graph and ranked list of similar studies with similarity scores, so you can see where the paper sits in the literature. SAVE, CITE, SHARE - Save the paper to your Synapse library in one click - Generate a formatted citation in the style your field uses - Share a link or open the full analysis on synapsesocial.com KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+S: save the current paper - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C: open the AI chat panel HOW IT WORKS 1. Install Synapse and pin it to your toolbar 2. Open any research paper on a supported site 3. The Synapse panel shows the paper's analysis 4. Sign in with Google, Apple or email to save papers and get unlimited questions Built for clinicians, researchers and students who read papers every day. Privacy: your sign-in token stays in the extension's local storage on your device. When you ask a question about the paper you are viewing, up to 100 KB of that page's text is sent to Synapse so the answer can come from the article itself. We never sell your data. Privacy policy: https://synapsesocial.com/privacy