PSYC 53: Statistics & Methods Practicum (Whitfield)

• Go to connectedpapers.com

• Enter a “seed paper”

  • Type in the title, DOI, or keywords for an article that’s central to your topic.

• View the graph

  • The tool generates a visual network where each node (circle) represents a paper.

  • The center node is your seed paper.

  • Closer nodes share more references or citations (they’re more related).

• Explore related papers

  • Hover over nodes to see the title, abstract, and publication info.

  • Click a node to open it on Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, or arXiv for full text or citation info.

• Use the filters

  • You can view recent papers or prior foundational works.

• Download or save

  • Export the graph or download the list of papers for your notes or citation manager.

Semantic Scholar is a free academic search engine developed by the Allen Institute for AI. It helps you find scholarly articles across many disciplines, using artificial intelligence to show the most relevant and influential research.

Go to semanticscholar.org

• Search for a topic or article – Enter keywords, title, or author.

• Select a paper – Click a relevant article from the results.

• Explore Citation Insights – Look at:

  • Cited By → who has cited this paper

  • References → papers cited by this article

  • Influential Citations → key papers that shaped the topic

• Follow links to full texts – Many papers link to PDFs or external databases.

• Use it for research mapping – Identify core studies, recent trends, and research gaps.