AI literature review generator
Describe your topic or research question. Get real papers you can check, the main themes across them and a lit review draft where every citation links to the passage it came from.
How the AI literature review generator works
Step 1
Describe your topic
Type your research question, pick a citation style and set any filters.
Step 2
Get real sources
We search academic databases for relevant, published papers and show you the key finding and passage from each one.
Step 3
Build your review
Get a structured draft organized by theme, with every citation linked to its source. Then make it your own.
Why use Writing Studio for your literature review
Most AI tools can write something that looks like a lit review. This one only writes what real papers say, and shows you where each claim came from.
Real sources only
Every paper is a real, published source with a link you can open. Nothing is made up.
See the exact passage
Click any citation to see the line it came from, so you know the source says what you think it says.
Organized by theme
Sources are grouped into the main themes and debates, which is how a good literature review is structured.
Your citation style
APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard, with a reference list ready to use.
Keep going in one place
Save your sources and draft into Writing Studio and keep writing, citing and checking your paper.
How to use AI for a literature review the right way
AI for literature review work is great for finding sources, spotting themes and getting a first structure. The thinking and the final writing should be yours.
Read the key sources yourself, check the passage behind each citation, and follow your course’s rules on AI use before you hand anything in.
Frequently asked questions
Is the AI literature review generator free?
Yes. You can write 3 literature reviews a day for free, with no signup. A search that finds too few sources to write a review doesn’t count toward them.
Are the sources real?
Yes. Every source is matched to a real published record, such as a DOI, PubMed ID or arXiv ID, with a link you can open. Every citation in the draft links to the passage it came from, and a sentence we can’t check against its source is left out.
Where do the sources come from?
We search OpenAlex, an open catalogue of research papers across every field. For health, science and computing topics we also search PubMed, Europe PMC and preprint servers such as arXiv, bioRxiv and medRxiv. Free copies are found through Unpaywall.
Can I submit the generated literature review?
Use it as a starting point. Read the sources, rewrite it in your own words and check your course’s AI policy. Many courses allow AI for finding sources but not for writing.
Which citation styles are supported?
APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago (author-date) and Harvard. You can switch styles after the review is written, and the citations and reference list change with it.
What’s the difference between this and ChatGPT?
General chatbots can invent sources or cite papers that don’t support the claim. Here, every source is real and every citation links to the exact passage.
Can I use it for a systematic review?
It’s built for literature reviews in essays, theses and research papers. For a formal systematic review, use it to find and organize sources, then follow your field’s official method.
Start your literature review here
Find real sources, organize them by theme and cite with confidence.