Researcher: Discover & Discuss

All of science & research in one: Follow over 20,000 journals, preprints & more.

Researcher: Discover & Discuss

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Version: 3.39.0 (Last updated: 2022-10-19)
Creation date: 2017-04-28
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Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • run at startup
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

NEVER MISS IMPORTANT RESEARCH

Researcher is where you discover and discuss the latest scientific, scholarly and academic research.

The only tool you need to stay up to date. With keyword and author feeds, notifications, trending papers, bookmarks, institutional access and syncing with Mendeley or Zotero, staying on top of the latest scholarly literature has never been easier.

DISCOVER

Keep up-to-date with scientific and academic content from over 20,000 sources, including:
Peer-reviewed journals
Preprints
Scientific blogs
Universities news and blogs
Leading life sciences and technology companies
Podcasts

DISCUSS WITH RESEARCHER LIVE
Hear directly from scientists and connect with peers via Researcher Live: built-in Live events that bring breakthrough research directly to you.

Listen to, ask questions and discuss trending topics and papers directly with the researchers behind them.

FREE TO USE
Researcher is free to download and always will be. Get started in a few simple steps and create your own personalised feeds.

DISCOVER WHAT'S NEW BEFORE ANYONE ELSE
No more email alerts, no more RSS feeds. Access to industry research and paper abstracts from 20,000 content sources across 10 different subject areas delivered directly to you in a social media style feed. Be the first to discover relevant content from all the top STEM, Social Science and Humanities publications - you’ll never miss essential research again.

JOIN A FAST-GROWING COMMUNITY
Join the 2.1 million users from around the world, who already use Researcher to get new, relevant scholarly content every day.

CREATE FEEDS FOR KEYWORDS OR AUTHORS
Personalise your app. Set up feeds to show paper abstracts including your chosen keywords and authors so you can easily discover what matters to you.

BOOKMARK PAPERS FOR LATER
Discover research at your own pace. Bookmark papers to read later from any mobile device or from your laptop by going to www.researcher-app.com.

LINK YOUR ACCOUNT WITH MENDELEY OR ZOTERO
Send your papers to your chosen reference manager. We support Mendeley and Zotero.

TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS AND NEVER MISS IMPORTANT RESEARCH
All you need to do is turn on notifications to get updates on your content preferences.
You won't have to worry about missing vital research ever again.

FIND OUT WHAT’S TRENDING
Discover what papers are gaining traction in your subject and in other research areas.

READ OPEN ACCESS CONTENT WITH EASE
We’ve integrated Unpaywall with Researcher so you can read and discover open access content that helps you move forward with your research.

LOG IN WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS
To see the full-text of papers, you can log in using your university credentials. We offer institutional login for libraries and institutions that use EZProxy.

TRANSLATE ANY ABSTRACT OR POST
By using Google Translate or Microsoft Translator you can translate paper abstracts, news and blogs into any language from within the app.

RESEARCHER’S CONTENT COVERAGE
We have more than 18,000 sources of research covering all major disciplines:
Medical & Health Sciences
Life Sciences and Biology
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering & Computer Science
Social Sciences & Psychology
Earth Sciences & Geography
Physics and Mathematics
Business & Management
Arts & Humanities
Economics and Finance.

In the app, you can find all the top journals and papers from Springer Nature, Hindawi, ACS , Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, RSC, BMJ, IEEE, arXiv, PubMed, PLOS, F1000, Cell, Science AAAS and more.

Disclaimer: Researcher aggregates the abstracts of recently published academic papers. The content includes a combination of open access papers, pre-prints and copyright protected articles behind a paywall. In order to access paid content, users must have valid institutional credentials or provide payment to the publisher.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great access to a wide range of scientific journals and articles.
  • User-friendly and visually appealing interface.
  • Convenient setup for staying updated on research.
  • Easy discovery of content through keyword/topic features.
Cons
  • Issues with notification spam and repeated alerts.
  • Problems with setting up filters and saving preferences.
  • Limited functionality for accessing full articles, especially free ones.
  • Lack of a widget for quick access to articles.
Most mentioned
  • Notification issues and bugs.
  • Desire for improved filtering options.
  • Need for better access to PDF articles.
  • Request for desktop syncing and usage.
User reviews
It makes reading about and finding the latest articles in your field easy. It's a good alternative to entertainment on social media if you find yourself addicted. The only 'flaw' about this app is that the algorithm doesn't update my preference--when I started using this app, I checked out a few medical journals, and now it keeps sending me recommendations and news about live events on biochemistry and medicine, even though the majority of the articles have nothing to do with them.
by Bihua Chen, 2022-07-23

This is an amazing app for staying up to date on research. It's convenient how it can natively link with my university to provide access to different journals. My largest complaint is that this app doesn't offer a widget on Android. It would be a lot more convenient to have a constant feed of papers on my home screen, where I can causally see papers I'd enjoy without needing to open the app.
by Marcus Liebenthal, 2022-03-25

Heads up, I think there is a bug in the app, at least on certain phone models. As of today, I started receiving an endless stream of notifications from the app. I mean, literally hundreds or even thousands of notifications today. More than 1 per second while I am using my phone. It is mostly the same notification repeated over and over. Fortunately the notifications are 'silent' so they are not intrusive, but it is certainly a pretty bad issue. This only started happening today.
by Lane G, 2021-10-08
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