Open Access Initiatives

Site Name Site Link Description
Shodhganga https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ Repository for Theses
Shodhgangotri https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/ Shodhgangotri hosts
synopsis of research

Academic Profile Management

Site Name Site Link Description
IRINS https://psgtech.irins.org/ Research Information Management
E-Vidwan https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/login premier database of profiles of scientists / researchers and other faculty members
ORCID https://orcid.org/ ORCID ID is a unique, open digital identifier
Researcher ID https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-workflow-solutions/researcher-profiles/ Researcher ID is an identifying system for scientific authors
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/ Research Gate is an academic profile and social networking site
Scopus https://www.scopus.com/search/form.uri?display=basic#basic Track your publications indexed in the Scopus citation database and build metric reports.
Academia https://www.academia.edu/ Academia.edu is a for-profit open repository of academic articles free to read by visitors.
Web of Science https://mjl.clarivate.com/home Acquire, analyze, and disseminate database

Abstracting and Indexing Database

Site Name Site Link Description
Scopus https://www.scopus.com/search/form.uri?display=basic#basic Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database
Web of Science https://mjl.clarivate.com/home Acquire, analyze, and disseminate database

Research Tools - Reference Management Tool

Site Name Site Link Description
Zotero https://www.zotero.org/ Zotero is a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data
JabRef https://www.jabref.org/ Free Reference Manager
EndNote https://endnote.com/ EndNote is a reference management software developed to help researchers, academics, and students organize and manage bibliographic references, citations, and research materials.
Citavi https://citavi.com/ Citavi is a reference management and knowledge organization software designed primarily for researchers, academics, and students.
CiteUlike https://indieweb.org/CiteULike CiteULike was a web-based reference management and social bookmarking service designed for researchers and academics allowing users to save, organize, and share bibliographic references and research articles online.
Bookends https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Bookends/ Bookends is a reference management software designed for researchers, academics, and writers to organize and manage bibliographic references, citations, and research materials.
Docear https://docear.org/ Docear is an open-source academic literature suite that combines reference management, mind mapping, and PDF management into a single software application.
Papers https://www.papersapp.com/ Papers is a reference management software designed to assist researchers, academics, and students in organizing and managing their academic papers, references, and research materials.

Mind Mapping Tool

Site Name Site Link Description
Xmind https://xmind.app/ Xmind is a mind mapping and brainstorming software.
Mindmeister https://www.mindmeister.com/ MindMeister is an online collaborative, knowledge-based mind mapping tool
Coggle https://coggle.it/ Coggle is online software for creating and sharing mindmaps and flowcharts.
Freeplane https://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane is a free and open source software application that supports thinking, sharing information.
Gliffy https://www.gliffy.com/blog/how-to-draw-a-mindmap Gliffy is one of the web based diagram software assist to create professional looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans and technical drawings.
Cmap https://cmap.ihmc.us/ Cmap is an easy way to encourage very high levels of cognitive performance.
Draw.io https://www.drawio.com/ Draw.io (now known as diagrams.net) is a free online diagramming and flowcharting tool

Grammar and Spelling Checking Tool

Site Name Site Link Description
Grammarly https://www.grammarly.com/ Grammarly helps people communicate with confidence across devices and platforms.
Whitesmoke https://www.whitesmoke.com/ WhiteSmoke is an online writing assistant that corrects your grammar, punctuation, writing styles, and spelling.
Writer’s https://writer.com/grammar-checker/ Writer's free grammar checker is a simple, AI-powered assistant that makes your text clear, error-free, and easy to understand.
Workbench https://workbench.developerforce.com/login.php Workbench is a grammar checker.

Notes Taking Tool

Site Name Site Link Description
Evernote https://evernote.com/ Evernote - great note taking, project planning, and easy ways to find what you need, when you need it.
Onenote https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app?ms.url=onenotecom&rtc=1 OneNote is designed for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.

AI-based Content Writing Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Canva https://www.canva.com/ Magic Write is an AI text generator built directly into Canva, making it easier to generate long- or short-form written content for your social media posts, blog articles, and presentations
Copy AI https://www.copy.ai/?via=start Copy AI is a copywriting platform that helps people create content for their website, blog, and social media channels.
GrammerlyGO https://www.grammarly.com/grammarlygo GrammarlyGO is an AI-powered tool designed to help users generate content attuned to their voice and intended audience.
INK https://inkforall.com/ INK is an AI-powered writing tool that helps writers generate content that ranks in search.
Notion AI https://www.notion.so/ It involves reading docs, writing content, or taking notes, Notion AI can make you more efficient.
Wordtune https://www.wordtune.com/ Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you're trying to say and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling and authentic.
Jenni https://jenni.ai/ Jenni AI is a powerful writing tool that helps you create engaging and informative content for your audience.
QuillBot https://quillbot.com/ QuillBot is a paraphrasing and summarizing tool that helps millions of students and professionals cut their writing time by more than half using state-of-the-art AI to rewrite any sentence,paragraph, or article.
Paperpal https://paperpal.com/ Paperpal is a writing tool that uses machine learning technology to help you improve your academic writing.

Research Assistant Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Elicit https://elicit.org/ It is a free artificial intelligence (AI) research assistant that “uses language models to automate part of researchers' workflows
SciSpace https://typeset.io/ SciSpace is an incredible (AI-powered) tool to help you understand research papers better. It can explain and elaborate most academic texts in simple words.
GNU PSPP https://www.gnu.org/ A free and open alternative to IBM SPSS, PSPP is a software for statistical analysis of sampled data.

Google Extension AI

Site Name Site Link Description
Casper AI https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/casper-ai/fgfiokgecpkambjildjleljjcihnocel A tool for professionals to simplify their workflow by summarizing articles, creating content, and sharing insights with stakeholders.
Glasp https://glasp.co/ Glasp is a free Chrome Extension that lets you quickly capture online content with colored highlighting options, which are then automatically curated to your Glasp homepage.

Documentation Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
AudioPen https://audiopen.ai/ AudioPen transforms messy voice notes into publish-ready text. Draft articles, memos, emails, and more.
Chat PDF https://www.chatpdf.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwxaanBhBQEiwA84TVXOLoIc4hTz3CN5s
reltlhm62b3EiNAdONU8G91mUnRQj4284fhH_kxoCvGAQAvD_BwE&via=pdfreader
ChatPDF is an AI-powered app that will make reading journal articles easier and faster.
Lateral https://app.lateral.io/login/ Lateral is an AI-powered app for academics that will completely change the way you read and take notes.
Scholarcy https://www.scholarcy.com/ Scholarcy, the online article summarizer tool, reads your research articles, reports, and book chapters in seconds and breaks them down into bite-sized sections

Mind Mapping Tool

Site Name Site Link Description
Miro https://miro.com/mind-map/ Miro's mind map helps distributed teams to brainstorm, plan projects,etc.,
ClickUp https://app.clickup.com/login ClickUp’s Mind Maps is a visual collaboration tool that helps individuals and teams create free-form mind maps for any need.
VISME https://www.visme.co/mind-map-maker/ A mind map template is one of the best ways to organize information and structure it in a visually engaging way.
GitMind https://gitmind.com/ GitMind is a free AI-powered mind mapping &brainstorming app.
MindMup https://www.mindmup.com/ MindMup is a free mind-mapping tool that lets students create and share mind maps.
EdrawMind https://www.edrawmind.com/ A collaborative mind mapping tool
The Brain https://www.thebrain.com/ The Brain is a software application designed for mind mapping and knowledge visualization.
WorkFlowy https://workflowy.com/ Work flowy is a web-based note-taking and organization tool
MindMapper https://www.mindmapper.com/ MindMapper is a mind mapping software and mental organization tool

Visualization Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Gephi https://gephi.github.io/ Leading visualization and explanation.
Google Data Studio https://datastudio.withgoogle.com/ Quickly build interactive reports and dashboards.
Infogram https://infogram.com/ Easy tool for creating infographics
VOSviewer https://www.vosviewer.com/ Scientrometric analyzes tool
RStudio https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/ RStudio is an integrated development environment for R, a programming language for statistical computing and graphics.

Collaboration tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Etherpad https://etherpad.org/ Etherpad is a web-based collaborative text editing software that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit and collaborate on a document in real-time.
Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Dropbox is a cloud-based file hosting and synchronization service that allows users to store, access, and share files and folders across different devices and platforms.

Collaboration tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Focus writer https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ FocusWriter is a distraction-free writing software designed to provide a focused and immersive writing environment.
Omm writer https://ommwriter.com/ OmmWriter is a minimalistic and immersive writing software designed to provide a tranquil and distraction-free writing environment.
Zen writer https://zenwriter.app/ ZenWriter is a writing software designed to provide a peaceful and distraction-free writing experience and aimed to create a serene and immersive environment for writers to focus on their creative process..

Bibliometric Analysis Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
Biblioshiny https://www.bibliometrix.org/home/index.php/layout/biblioshiny Biblioshiny allows users to perform relevant bibliometric and visual analyses on an interactive web interface,
BibExcel https://homepage.univie.ac.at/juan.gorraiz/bibexcel/ BibExcel is designed to assist a user in analysing bibliographic data, or any data

Data Visualization Tools

Site Name Site Link Description
VOS Viewer https://www.vosviewer.com/ VOSviewer is a software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks
CiteSpace http://cluster.cis.drexel.edu/~cchen/citespace/ CiteSpace is a freely available Java application for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature.
Power BI https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-in/ Microsoft Power BI is a data visualization platform used primarily for business intelligence purposes.
Pajek https://pajek.software.informer.com/ Pajek is a free program designed for the analysis and visualization of large networks.
Gephi https://gephi.org/ Gephi is an open-source software for visualizing and analysing large networks graphs.
iipmaps https://iipmaps.com/ iipmaps is the easiest way to transform data into maps in minutes in a most user-friendly manner.