Research Paper

AI-assisted research briefs from academic databases — right inside Obsidian.

Quick start

1. Install from Community Plugins → search "Research Paper"
2. Enable it in Settings → Community Plugins
3. Open Settings → Research Paper, pick an LLM provider, paste your API key
4. Open a note, click the 🔍 ribbon icon, and start researching

The plugin auto-detects your Obsidian language.

LLM Providers

Tutorial

1. Configure your LLM provider

Go to Settings → Research Paper. Select your provider (e.g., OpenAI), paste your API key, and pick a model. GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 produce the best results.

Optionally, add a PubMed API Key (free, increases search rate limits) and your email for Crossref DOI verification.

2. Search for evidence

Open a note, click the 🔍 ribbon icon or run Ctrl+P → Research Paper: buscar y generar. Type your research question in natural language — the LLM optimizes it into academic keywords automatically:

"What's the evidence on CBT for generalized anxiety disorder?"

"¿Qué dice la literatura sobre terapia cognitivo-conductual en adolescentes con depresión?"

Choose your domain (10 options, from Psychology to Engineering), mode (Quick Answer or Research Brief), language for the output, and a year range filter.

3. Review and refine

After searching, you'll see a list of articles with relevance scores. Each one is pre-selected with a checkbox:

• Uncheck articles that aren't relevant to your focus
• Use the Extra instructions field to guide the AI in natural language:
  • "Focus on efficacy compared to pharmacotherapy"
  • "Only include randomized controlled trials"

4. Generate your brief

Click Generate brief. The output is a structured Research Brief inserted into your note:

## Research Brief: {Title}

⚠️ AI-assisted brief. All factual data is traceable to the listed sources.

### Research Question
{Your original query}

### Sources Consulted
1. Smith, J. et al. (2025). *Journal*. DOI: [10.xxx](https://doi.org/10.xxx)
   {Summary in your language}

### Findings per Source
→ Smith et al. (2025) found that...

### Convergences
• Both studies agree that... (Smith, 2025; García, 2024)

### Divergences
• Smith reports a large effect; García reports moderate...

### Implications
{AI-generated synthesis}
⚠️ This section is AI-generated synthesis.

Features

• Natural language search — optimized into academic keywords by LLM
• Three search sources — PubMed (biomedical domains), OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar (214M+ papers)
• Research Brief format — traceable evidence, not fake papers. No fabricated Methods, no false claims
• Review & Refine — select exactly which articles to include, add custom instructions
• APA 7 in-text citations — consistent author-year format throughout
• DOI verification — validates against Crossref API
• Year range filter — All time / Last 3 / 5 / 10 / 20 years
• 10 research domains — Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, Biology, Education, Sociology, Economics, Law, Engineering, General
• 6 output languages — with mandatory English abstract
• Model selector — 30+ models across 7 providers, updated for 2026

Search sources

Support

Research Paper is free and open source. If it helps your academic work, consider supporting development:

Credits

Created by Jesús García & DeepSeek V4-Pro · GitHub