What is Consensus?
Consensus is an artificial-intelligence research assistant that accepts a natural-language question and returns concise, citation-backed answers drawn from a corpus of 200 million+ peer-reviewed papers. It eliminates manual literature triage and lets users see what the research actually says in seconds.
Key Features
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| AI Question Answering | Large-language-model pipeline extracts, ranks, and summarizes findings that directly answer the user’s query, accompanied by inline citations and a “consensus meter” showing study agreement. |
| Ask Paper (beta) | Chat with the full text of a single PDF to probe methodology, figures, and limitations in conversational form. |
| Advanced Scholarly Filters | Narrow results by study type (e.g., RCT, meta-analysis), sample size, publication year, and more to ensure methodological rigor. |
| Consensus GPT | A dedicated research-tuned chatbot for rapid evidence synthesis, built on the same vetted literature database. |
| Export & Citation Tools | One-click BibTeX/CSV export, smart citation formatting, and permalink sharing for collaboration. |
| Institution-level Access | Deployed at 5 000+ universities and libraries worldwide via SSO or IP authentication. |
Typical Use Cases
- Academic researchers – Locate high-quality studies and craft literature reviews dramatically faster.
- Students – Verify claims for essays and theses with authoritative sources.
- Journalists & policy analysts – Fact-check statements and quantify scientific consensus on public-interest topics.
- Healthcare & biotech teams – Rapidly assess evidence behind clinical interventions or biomarker validity.
Why it stands out
Evidence first design, rigorous filters, and paper-level chat make Consensus a go-to replacement for keyword-heavy academic databases when speed and verifiability matter.
