Import papers using your ORCID iD or a BibTeX file. Choose a few that reflect your current work, then describe your research questions, methods, and topics to leave out.
Each week, PaperCurrent searches several publication indexes, removes duplicates, and checks papers against your profile. Findings that may challenge your hypotheses get a second check.
Your email includes up to five papers, each with a score, a short explanation, and a quote from the title or abstract. If nothing makes the list, you'll still see how many papers were checked.
Each assessment includes a quote from the paper's title or abstract. We check that the quote appears in the source before showing the result.
Before a paper is labelled a “possible challenge” to your hypothesis, a second AI check reviews the evidence. Borderline cases appear under Other matches, with a reason.
Some weeks, nothing makes the reading list. Your digest still shows the number of papers checked, so you can see what happened.
Your profile gives PaperCurrent something specific to look for: the topics you study, the methods you use, and the hypotheses you're testing.
| In your profile | What to include | How it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Research area | The questions, populations, and topics you're studying. | Papers are assessed for how closely they relate to your work. |
| Methods | Your study designs, measurements, and analyses. | A paper may be useful because of its methods, even when its topic is less closely related. |
| Hypotheses | The findings you expect and the claims you're testing. | PaperCurrent looks for findings that may challenge those claims and shows the evidence behind each flag. |
| Topics to leave out | Subjects, populations, or publication types outside your scope. | These help keep unrelated papers out of your reading list. |
| Your feedback | Mark papers as relevant, not relevant, or saved for later. | Your ratings show how useful the results are and provide examples for future assessments. |
We search OpenAlex, Crossref, and Europe PMC, and use Unpaywall to find open-access links. We record which sources supplied each paper's details.
We save the profile, criteria, instructions, and model used for each assessment. When you update your profile, earlier scores keep their original context.
Assessments use the title and abstract. Each result shows what was available. When an abstract is missing, confidence is limited.
A place to start.
Planned: one research profile, one monitor, and a monthly digest.
Follow several research projects.
Planned: five monitors, weekly digests, custom assessment criteria, and exports.
Keep your group up to date.
Planned after Pro: shared monitors and feedback for up to five people.