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# R Discovery

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> R Discovery is a free app for researchers and students that helps find real research in any field of study with ease. Driven by AI to focus on research discovery, R Discovery will help you discover the latest relevant scholarly literature and help you search for research papers \& academic journals
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> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 13 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of R Discovery

\- Access to 115 million academic research papers, including 40 million open access articles, across 32,000 journals and 2 million preprints

- Personalized recommendations powered by AI that learns your research interests and delivers relevant papers

- Smart search to easily find papers by title, abstract, author, journal, or topic

- Daily research reading recommendations and alerts on new publications in your field

- Organize papers, take notes, and collaborate with colleagues on shared reading lists

- Available on web and mobile so you can research anytime, anywhere

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 13 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Cactus Communications

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: R Discovery is completely free for all users. There are no hidden charges or fees. Additionally, no user will ever see any ads on either the website or the app.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk

## Category

- [Data Discovery Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1165/data-discovery/software)

## Alternatives

1. [VOLTA](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2047979/volta) — 5.0/5 (1 reviews)
2. [Mainframe Security Suite](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2066987/ca-data-content-discovery) (0 reviews)
3. [Sisa Radar](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2068076/sisa-tipper) (0 reviews)
4. [Argyle](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2062506/argyle) (0 reviews)

## Reviews

### "The "nitty-gritty" search engine" — 4.0/5

> **Gayatri** | *23 February 2022* | Research | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: I can customise search, specifically to keywords, that are highly specific. Also it comes free and thats a bonus.
> 
> **Cons**: Notifications on new publications specific to keywords search are not available to users. My institute is also not added in the "access full text" option (I have notified the admin and action is awaited)
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> My second best option for free access to publications that can be filtered to the minutest keywords.

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### "Practical Approach for Data Management" — 5.0/5

> **Yerson** | *29 April 2024* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: R Discovery ensure there is accurate data integration solution, which helps businesses value every analytical process.
> 
> **Cons**: R Discovery has a defined form in making every data management straightforward.

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### "My review" — 2.0/5

> **Mahesh** | *23 March 2022* | Design | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
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> **Pros**: The software is good. Supports with journal articles.
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> **Cons**: It should provide facility to download journal articles.
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> Good

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### "Powerful search tool but lacks some features" — 5.0/5

> **Saranath** | *02 March 2022* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
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> **Pros**: I found the R Discovery mobile and web apps to be well designed and user-friendly. I use R Discovery to search for scientific papers relevant to my area of research. As a literature survey tool, the R Discovery platform seems to have a comprehensive database of scientific publications. The topic-based search provides an exhaustive list of relevant papers and the platform is surprisingly good at analyzing my preferences and feedback to customize my feed.
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> **Cons**: I found it quite difficult to narrow down the search results, because the R Discovery platform does not have any filters such as Year of Publication (e.g., to check for papers published in the last 2 years) and Type of Publication (e.g., Article, Review, Book chapter). Although the search tool does learn from my feedback, it is time-consuming to provide it because, sometimes, the results run into thousands of papers.

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### "Excellent App for Researchers" — 5.0/5

> **Jesse** | *04 February 2022* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: Excellent and organized research papers. I always get my daily email for the top read. I am into Geothermal. Machine Learning and Power System.
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> **Cons**: Paid paper from other sources. Hence not able to access the papers.
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> Excellent.
I would give it 90% as marks. 10% is for a room for improvement

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