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Life & fun · June 14, 2026

Scholix

AI peer review for your research paper — before you submit

Scholix launched on June 14, 2026 with 3 votes, #6,658 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Scholix is an AI research platform built for PhD students and academics. Paste your abstract and get simulated peer review, acceptance score, and journal matching in under 60 seconds. It also includes 10+ research tools: thesis validator, literature review builder, research gap finder, conceptual model designer, PDF chat, survey creator, and scientific simulations. Free to start. Used by 500+ researchers across 40+ countries.

The all-in-one AI research platform. Generate literature reviews, find research gaps, validate your thesis, design conceptual models, and match journals — free for researchers.

Upload your manuscript. Scholix finds verifiable problems — inconsistencies, missing requirements, citation errors — with evidence and location, before you submit. We read your entire paper — not just the abstract. Every section is evaluated for structure, argumentation, and academic rigor. Your paper is scored against the specific standards of your target journal — acceptance rates, scope fit, and reviewer expectations. AI simulates 3 independent peer reviewers across 10 evaluation dimensions, identifying alignment gaps between your manuscript sections. Calibrated against patterns from 200+ journals across 15 disciplines. Updated regularly as publication standards evolve. PDF or Word doc.…from scholix.net

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