Find relevant papers, compare their methods and findings, and see where the evidence agrees or differs. Build a cited synthesis from the sources you choose.
Create an Atlas account, then search for papers or add your own.
Used by 10,000+ researchers.
What do you want to learn from the literature? Define the topic and the questions you need to answer, then use them to guide your search and comparisons.
Define the topic and the boundaries of your review.
Choose the papers relevant to your question.
Decide which methods, findings or limitations to compare.
Search for relevant papers in Atlas and add the ones you want to read. Bring your own papers into the same project to keep your review in one place.
Read each paper's summary to decide which sources deserve a closer look.
Ask the same question across your papers. Compare how the studies approached the problem, what they found, and which limitations affect their conclusions.
Move beyond a summary of each paper. Ask Atlas to bring the findings together, explain disagreements, and identify questions left open by the sources in your project.
Follow the citations to understand which papers support each part of the synthesis.
Save your synthesis as a research note in the same project as your papers and conversations. Return to the citations when you need to check a finding.
Revise your notes as you read more papers and your understanding develops.
Use Atlas to explore a new topic, compare papers for a specific question, or develop notes for your review. Keep the search, reading and synthesis together.
Find relevant literature and understand the main ideas.
See how the methods, results and limitations differ.
Bring the findings together in cited notes for your review.
Find the papers, compare the findings, and bring the evidence together.
