Scite: inspect citation context

Use Scite when you already have a paper, claim or reference list and want to inspect citation context, locate later supporting or contrasting discussion, or flag retractions and editorial notices. Search and Assistant can help surface relevant passages; open the cited work and judge its methods and context yourself. Coverage depends on available and licensed full text, and some citations may be absent or unclassified. This review used public documents and independent institutional/evaluation sources; it did not test a paid account, target discipline, export, API or live classification workflow.

Best for: Researchers checking how indexed literature discusses a known paper or claim.; Authors and librarians seeking another signal for reference-list review, with source-level verification.

Not ideal for: Systematic reviews that need a complete, reproducible search from one database alone.; High-stakes evidence decisions based only on supporting/contrasting counts or AI answers.; Users needing verified account-level pricing, API/export rights or contractual protections before procurement.

Limitations: Coverage is licensed and incomplete; missing or unclassified citations do not mean no evidence exists.; Citation labels classify local context and can miss nuance or be wrong; read the source paper.; A supporting/contrasting label does not establish truth, replication, quality or consensus.; Current target-account billing, API/export limits, and backup/deletion timing remain unknown.

Pricing and account rights: The current pricing cards list Basic, Pro and Enterprise, not Team. The same page FAQ still mentions Team for API access, so plan-specific API entitlement remains unresolved; no exact price, credit, export or API allowance is promised here. Check the target account and confirm API eligibility with Scite before purchase.

Privacy and data: Published terms distinguish Customer Data from service-use analytics. Verify the intended workspace, manuscript sensitivity, retention and contract before upload.

Decision: Try a known DOI in your field, compare its citation passages with original papers and another database, and record missing or unclassified citations. Use Scite as a supervised lead for citation review, not as a truth or completeness test.

Sources and review: https://scite.ai/features https://scite.ai/pricing https://scite.ai/api https://scite.ai/policy https://scite.ai/terms; https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/databases/scite; https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/library/news/permanent-access-to-scite; https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/article/download/26528/25101/54274. 2026-10-10; next review 2026-10-17 (price), 2026-10-24 (account and privacy), 2026-11-09 (coverage).

Correction and owner update: The listing has a visible owner claim/update entry and a comment path for corrections. No vendor contact has been made.