
AI search engine that finds answers in scientific research
Consensus is an AI-powered academic search engine that searches over 200 million peer-reviewed papers to deliver evidence-based answers to research questions. Used by 10 million researchers, students, and clinicians, it features a Consensus Meter for visualizing scientific agreement, Deep Search for automated literature reviews, and Ask Paper for chatting with full-text studies.
Instantly shows how much scientific evidence agrees or disagrees on yes/no research questions with a visual breakdown
Automated literature review that builds a comprehensive search strategy, expands key terms, explores citation graphs, and synthesizes findings
Chat with full-text papers to get in-depth answers with highlighted source locations within the document
Searches exclusively across peer-reviewed literature from Semantic Scholar, filtering out unreliable web sources
AI-generated summaries extracting key metadata, methods, results, and conclusions from individual papers
Filter results by publication year, journal rank, citation count, methodology, field of study, and country
Contextual follow-up queries that carry conversation context forward without repeating yourself
Rapidly survey hundreds of papers on a research topic with Deep Search to build comprehensive evidence summaries
Clinicians and healthcare professionals validate treatment claims against the latest peer-reviewed research
Students find, understand, and cite relevant studies faster for coursework, theses, and dissertations
Writers and content creators verify scientific claims with peer-reviewed evidence rather than web searches
Best for academic and evidence-based research — the only AI search engine that searches exclusively peer-reviewed literature with a unique Consensus Meter for visualizing scientific agreement
Best for quickly assessing scientific consensus on research questions, writing evidence-based background sections, and validating claims with peer-reviewed sources.
ConsensusGPT plugin brings evidence-based research answers directly into ChatGPT conversations
Researchers quickly find supporting evidence and identify research gaps when writing funding proposals

AI-powered smart citations that show how research has been cited — supported, contrasted, or mentioned