The Academic Researcher Stack
Literature review, writing, citation management, and collaboration — for researchers who want to spend time on ideas, not admin.
ResearchHow the workflow flows
Search Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar for relevant papers
Add them to Zotero to keep everything organised and generate citations automatically
Use Perplexity or Elicit to get up to speed on an unfamiliar area quickly
Write and collaborate on the paper in Overleaf
Log half-formed ideas, meeting notes, and the literature review matrix in Notion
Use ChatGPT to push through writer's block on a specific section.
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8 Tools
Google Scholar
Academic paper discovery
Semantic Scholar
AI-assisted literature search
Zotero
Reference management and citations
Perplexity
Fast research and fact-finding
Elicit
AI literature review assistant
Overleaf
LaTeX writing and collaboration
Notion
Docs, notes, and planning
ChatGPT
AI for writing and ideation