Consensus
What is Consensus?
Consensus is a research workflow for researchers, students, and clinicians that turns peer-reviewed literature into searchable evidence. It searches 250M+ papers, including licensed full text from leading publishers, and helps you narrow, compare, and synthesize results with Deep Search, natural-language filters, the Consensus Meter, Sources, Medical mode, Compare two approaches, and Draft a report. It's used by over 170 university libraries and 10 million researchers, students, and clinicians.
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At a glance
- Consensus is best for researchers who need fast, evidence-based literature reviews and clear research synthesis.
What does Consensus do?
Consensus turns peer-reviewed literature into a searchable research workflow. It searches across 250M+ papers, including licensed full text from leading publishers, then helps you narrow, compare, and synthesize results with Deep Search, natural-language filters, and the Consensus Meter. That means you can move from a broad question to a structured evidence readout without manually stitching together dozens of papers. The product is built for high-volume academic use: over 170 university libraries partner with it, and 10 million researchers, students, and clinicians use it for literature reviews and clinical questions. Medical mode narrows results to about 50,000 clinical guidelines and 8M articles from the top 1,000 medical journals, while the platform has handled 150+ million research questions to date. Consensus also shows transparent, reliable outputs and includes named users like researchers, students, and clinicians in its public positioning.
Why use Consensus?
- It combines search, synthesis, and evidence visualization in one workflow, reducing the need to jump between separate research tools.
- Deep Search expands key terms, surfaces conflicting arguments, and follows the citation graph, which helps uncover context that basic keyword search misses.
- Natural-language filters let you specify timeframes, populations, and study designs without building complex queries.
- Medical mode focuses results on clinical guidelines and top medical journals, which is useful when speed and source quality both matter.
- The Consensus Meter gives a quick read on whether evidence agrees or disagrees, making it easier to triage a question before deeper review.
Who is Consensus for?
- Researchers who need to map evidence quickly across large academic literature.
- Graduate students who want faster literature reviews without losing source transparency.
- Clinicians who need quick reads from medical guidelines and journal evidence.
- University librarians who support campus access to research tools and databases.
- Research teams who need to compare approaches and identify gaps in the literature.
What are Consensus's key features?
Sources
Shows cited answers from 200M+ peer-reviewed research papers and 250M+ research papers, so buyers can verify claims instead of reading uncited summaries.
Corpus
Searches a corpus spanning 170 university libraries and 50,000 clinical guidelines, helping teams cover academic and medical literature in one place.
Deep Search
Runs deeper searches across 8M articles and top 1,000 medical journals, which helps surface relevant studies for harder research questions.
Filter
Applies filters to narrow results by research type and source, making it easier to focus on the papers most relevant to a specific question.
Medical mode
Switches to medical-focused search across 50,000 clinical guidelines and top 1,000 medical journals, useful for clinicians checking evidence quickly.
Consensus Meter
Summarizes whether studies agree or disagree on a topic, helping buyers compare evidence without reading every paper individually.
Compare two approaches
Places two methods side by side using cited research, so teams can evaluate tradeoffs and choose an approach with evidence behind it.
Draft a report
Turns research findings into a report draft from cited papers, saving time when compiling evidence from 150+ million research questions handled to date.
What are Consensus's use cases?
Literature reviews for graduate students
Graduate students use Consensus to speed up literature reviews while keeping every claim traceable, using Sources and Corpus to jump from a question to peer-reviewed papers. They can narrow results with Filter and Use filters with natural language, then use Draft a report to turn findings into a structured summary.
Evidence scans for researchers
Researchers use Consensus to map evidence quickly across large academic literature, using Deep Search and Consensus Meter to compare what the literature supports and where it is mixed. They can also Identify research gaps and Compare two approaches to decide which direction deserves deeper study.
Clinical reads for clinicians
Clinicians use Consensus to get quick reads from medical guidelines and journal evidence, relying on Medical mode to focus on relevant clinical sources. With Sources and Filter, they can verify the underlying evidence fast and avoid wading through unrelated papers.
Campus research support for librarians
University librarians use Consensus to help campus users find and evaluate research tools, pointing them to Corpus and Search for free when they need broad academic coverage. They can also show patrons how Deep Search and Draft a report support faster, source-backed research workflows.
How does Consensus work?
- Start with a question in Search and let Consensus scan its Corpus of academic papers and guidelines. Use Sources to open the underlying citations immediately and confirm where each answer comes from.
- Refine the results with Filter or Use filters with natural language to narrow by topic, study type, or relevance. Switch on Medical mode when you need clinical evidence and guideline-focused results.
- Use Deep Search to explore the literature more thoroughly, then check the Consensus Meter to see whether findings are strongly supported or still debated. Compare two approaches when you need side-by-side evidence.
- Identify research gaps from the results, then Draft a report to turn the evidence into a shareable summary. Revisit Sources as needed to verify claims and keep your review transparent.
Frequently asked questions
What is Consensus?
Consensus is a research workflow for researchers, students, and clinicians that turns peer-reviewed literature into searchable evidence. It searches 250M+ papers, including licensed full text from leading publishers, and helps you narrow, compare, and synthesize results with Deep Search, natural-language filters, and the Consensus Meter. Features include Sources, Medical mode, and Compare two approaches.
What is Consensus used for? Who is it for?
Consensus is used for Sources, Corpus, and Deep Search. It's built for Researchers, Graduate students, and Clinicians.
Editor's read
Check whether your workflow depends on medical-focused coverage: Medical mode narrows results to about 50,000 clinical guidelines and 8M articles from the top 1,000 medical journals. If your questions sit outside that scope, verify the broader corpus still covers your subject area before standardizing on it.
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