Lateral

Lateral is a research tool offered by Lateral GmbH that aims to enhance the efficiency and organization of academic paper reading and research processes. According to the vendor, Lateral leverages AI technology to help users complete their reading tasks more quickly and offers a centralized platform for organizing and accessing research papers. It is primarily targeted towards researchers, academics, PhD students, and professionals in various fields who need to conduct literature reviews, perform document analysis, and stay organized in their research projects.

Key Features

Complete hours of reading in minutes: According to the vendor, Lateral utilizes AI technology to expedite the reading process, allowing users to complete their reading tasks in significantly less time.

Organise, find & read your papers in one place: Lateral provides a centralized platform where users can conveniently organize, store, and access their research papers, eliminating the need for scattered files and platforms.

Complete your research up to 10x faster: Lateral's AI-powered features are designed to accelerate the research process by providing tools for efficient information retrieval, enabling users to complete their research tasks up to 10 times faster.

Upload documents to your project or search for millions of research papers: Lateral allows users to directly upload their own research documents to their projects. Additionally, users can also search for millions of research papers within the Lateral platform, expanding their access to relevant content.

Add themes you want to find across your papers: Lateral's concept feature enables users to create themes or concepts that they want to find across their research papers, offering flexibility in organizing and categorizing information.

Re-usable smart labels: Lateral provides re-usable smart labels that users can apply to categorize and organize their research papers, facilitating easier retrieval and referencing of specific content.

Lateral AI suggests text for each concept and each search result: According to the vendor, Lateral's AI-powered text suggestion feature offers users relevant text suggestions for each concept and search result, aiding in efficient information retrieval and saving time.

All your findings and notes are nicely organized in your table to export for writing: Lateral provides a structured table view where users can organize and view all their findings and notes in a systematic manner. This table can be exported for writing purposes, allowing users to seamlessly integrate their research findings into their written work.

Search 30m+ papers: Lateral offers users access to a vast database of over 30 million research papers, providing an extensive collection of resources for exploration and referencing.

Quickly jump to relevant parts of your document with Lateral suggestions: Lateral's suggestion feature allows users to swiftly navigate to relevant parts of their research documents by highlighting key passages and providing suggestions for related content.