Ilya Shabanov walks us through his literature review workflow using Litmaps, Zotero, and Obsidian

Check out the workflow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9enN...

How many papers make up a literature review? 50? 100?

Faheem Ullah asked researchers in our latest webinar. The most common answer wasn't a number at all: "it depends."

Faheem breaks down what it actually depends on (and how to know when you've searched enough) 👇

youtu.be/I8_xGdMM988

Thought-provoking article that argues how AI in research doesn't remove the scholar's responsibilities (identifying good questions, interpreting results, being accountable for them) but changes the speed of execution.

Via @timeshighered.bsky.social

www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/ai-era...

New research suggests that universities need to rethink how they prepare students for a world where AI is central to work.

Does this match what you’re actually seeing on the ground? What’s the gap between what researchers say and what institutions are doing?
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

Allowing fresh PhDs to participate meaningfully in academic governance is an opportunity to align them more closely with the realities of contemporary research

Universities need recent PhDs at the decision-making table

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Don't know where to start your literature review? Spending hours finding papers that lead nowhere?

Faheem Ullah is hosting a live session on Thursday 23 July to show you how to do it properly with Litmaps.

📅 Thursday 23 July
🕔 5pm BST / 12pm ET / 9am PT

Sign up: luma.com/7zdamcm0

Want to really see a researcher's impact?

It’s hard to grasp a researcher’s full impact just by reading a few papers.

A visual literature map helps you see their entire body of work and its influence on the field.

🗺️ Create a Litmap of a researcher’s work:

New papers are published in your field every week.

Monitor in Litmaps tells you when they appear, so you can spend less time searching and more time reading.
www.litmaps.com

Most research problems start with a weak question.

If you get the question right, everything else becomes easier: finding papers, staying focused, finishing the work.

We put together a simple, practical guide on how to write a research question that actually works:

www.litmaps.com/articles/wri...

Starting a literature review?

Try this 5-step approach in Litmaps:
🔎 Add one paper
📖 Explore its map
🌱 Grow your network
🏷️ Tag sub-topics
🤳 Visualize & share

Full 5-min tutorial 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxm3...

Same 10 papers showing up?

Litmaps uses 3 algorithms to help you find fresh, relevant research from new angles.

More insight, less noise 👇
#LitReview #ResearchTools #Litmaps

🛑 Struggling to find the right papers for your lit review?

Try this 4-step search strategy to avoid missing key research:

1️⃣ Start broad with keyword searches
2️⃣ Go deeper from known sources
3️⃣ Refine by author, journal, date
4️⃣ Monitor with alerts to stay current

How to write a strong research question:

🧠 Start with what interests you
🎯 Make it clear, focused, researchable, and original

🛠️ Steps: Broad topic → Narrow focus → Define goal → Phrase as question → Refine

💡 Use Litmaps to explore and refine your idea