Scholars
Read research papers together - comment, draw & annotate
Scholars launched on September 19, 2022 with 85 votes, #487 of 3,464 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
What it does
Read research papers together with your colleagues. With Scholars, you can upload your PDF, invite others, comment, annotate and draw on the same paper. It's a super easy way to get feedback and keep all your research reviews and readings in one single place.
A free, AI-powered platform for researchers to find relevant papers, collaborate with peers, annotate in real-time, and ask AI to help make sense of any paper.
A free platform for researchers to find relevant papers, collaborate with peers, and annotate together in real-time — with AI on hand to help you make sense of any paper. Built for researchers, academics, and curious minds who want to collaborate on understanding complex papers. Highlight a passage and ask AI to explain, summarize, or dig deeper. Get instant answers grounded in the paper as you read. Get paper recommendations tailored to your research interests. Never miss relevant work in your field. Read papers together with your research group, lab, or study partners in shared reading rooms. Highlight passages and add comments directly on the PDF. See collaborators' annotations…from scholars.io
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