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ReadCube Papers
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
What it is
ReadCube Papers helps users discover, read, organize, and cite scientific literature. Its research answers draw on 165M+ publications and 182M+ patents. PDF tools include highlighting, underlining, drawing, notes, and sticky comments. The AI assistant can answer questions from a library and compare up to 20 papers, but is available only in the web version. Saved recurring searches can add papers to a library and send daily, weekly, or monthly alerts. Systematic-review workflows include dual-reviewer screening, custom extraction forms, AI autofill, and PRISMA exports. Users can connect a library to Overleaf; the browser extension imports articles from Dimensions, PubMed, Google Scholar, and journal websites, with associated PDFs when possible. The platform supports Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, web, an API, and a browser extension. Essentials is $10 a month and Plus is $20 a month per user; a 30-day trial is listed, but there is no free plan. Offline PDF access is limited to desktop app version 4.37.xxxx.
For and against
For
- Annotates PDFs with several tools.
- Saved searches can send recurring alerts.
- Supports dual-reviewer screening and PRISMA exports.
- Connects references with Overleaf.
Against
- No free plan is listed.
- AI Assistant is web-only.
- Offline PDF access is limited to desktop version 4.37.xxxx.
The verdict
ReadCube Papers brings literature discovery, reading, and review workflows together with multiple platform options. Consider the paid plans and the web-only AI and version-specific offline limits before choosing it.
Who it suits
ReadCube Papers suits researchers and teams organizing literature, annotating PDFs, or managing systematic reviews. Enterprise workflows also address R&D, medical affairs, and other listed organizational use cases.
Plans and prices
Essentials
1 user · 5 shared libraries · 5 AI chats/day
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
Essentials
1 user · 5 shared libraries · 5 AI chats/day
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
Plus
Up to 10 users per group · unlimited PDF storage · chat with up to 20 articles · 20 AI chats/day
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
Plus
Up to 10 users per group · unlimited PDF storage · chat with up to 20 articles · 20 AI chats/day
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
Enterprise
No limit on users · unlimited shared libraries · SSO and group management · dedicated support, training and onboarding
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
Team
Up to 25 users per group · advanced library permissions · document delivery add-on
Read 1 Oct 2026 · about.readcube.com
On the record
- AI assistant
- The AI can answer questions from a library and compare up to 20 papers at once.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- AI availability limit
- The AI Assistant is currently available only in the web version of Papers.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Browser extension
- The browser extension imports articles from Dimensions, PubMed, Google Scholar and journal websites and can import associated PDFs when possible.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- ReadCube uses AWS for storage and sends files over HTTPS with 256-bit TLS where supported.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Desktop support
- The desktop app is compatible with Mac and Windows operating systems and requires 64-bit architecture.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Enterprise workflows
- The literature-management solution connects systems including Veeva Vault, SharePoint and Salesforce to a library.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Literature monitoring
- Saved recurring searches can add new papers to a library and send daily, weekly or monthly alerts.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Offline PDF access is available only on the desktop application version 4.37.xxxx.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Overleaf integration
- Users can connect a ReadCube library with an Overleaf.com account to access and cite references while writing.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- PDF annotation
- Users can highlight, underline, draw, add notes and add sticky comments directly on PDFs.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ReadCube is a platform to discover, read, organize and cite scientific literature.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Research coverage
- The platform says its answers are drawn from 165M+ publications and 182M+ patents.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- ReadCube Papers is covered by Digital Science's independently audited ISO/IEC 27001:2013 information-security system.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Enterprise plans include dedicated support, training and onboarding, while the site provides a help center and support-ticket channel.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Systematic reviews
- ReadCube supports dual-reviewer screening, custom data-extraction forms, AI autofill and PRISMA exports.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Target users
- ReadCube lists use cases including R&D teams, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance, corporate libraries, government and regulatory organizations.about.readcube.com · read 1 Oct 2026
