User Guide

OpenSynthia helps you turn a rough research idea into a curated set of real papers, a structured literature review, and batch-saved references.

1. Enter your research topic, question, or draft text in the search box
2. Optionally set a publication year range to filter results
3. Click "Search" to discover relevant papers
4. Browse results, filter by open access or peer-reviewed status, and select papers of interest

Once you've selected papers, you can generate an AI-powered literature review:

1. Select papers using the checkboxes
2. Click "Generate Review" button at the bottom
3. Wait for the AI to analyze and synthesize the papers
4. Review, copy, or download the generated literature review

⚠️ AI-generated content should be reviewed and verified before use in academic work.

Connect your Zotero account to save papers directly to your citation manager:

1. Click "Connect Zotero" in the navbar
2. Enter your Zotero API credentials (Library ID and API Key)
3. Select papers and click "Save to Zotero" to batch-save references

Explore the citation network visualization to understand relationships between papers:

• View connections between papers
• Click nodes to scroll to specific papers
• Use filters to focus on selected papers

• Be specific in your research query for better results
• Use year filters to focus on recent publications or specific time periods
• Filter by "Open Access" to find freely available papers
• Use the "Top 20 Cited" quick select for highly influential papers
• Export BibTeX for easy import into other citation managers