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Citation Providers

CiteTraverse supports multiple expansion providers:

  • OpenAlex: default broad citation graph and metadata source.
  • Semantic Scholar: useful comparison provider for citation coverage.
  • Crossref: DOI-centered metadata and reference data.
  • OpenCitations: open DOI-to-DOI citation links.
  • OpenAIRE: additional open research graph coverage where available.

You can switch providers in Workspace Settings. Metadata completion still uses the workspace completion chain so DOI-only discoveries can be enriched later.

Provider Settings​

Provider choice affects expansion jobs, not your local project format. You can change providers between searches, compare the number of candidates each one returns, and keep screening decisions in the same boxes regardless of where a candidate came from.

Forward expansion searches for papers that cite the selected paper. Backward expansion searches through the selected paper's references. Each search is bounded and recorded as a job so slow or completed requests remain visible.

Use OpenAlex first when you want broad graph coverage. Try Semantic Scholar or OpenAIRE when you want a second view of citation relationships. Crossref and OpenCitations are most useful when DOI-centered metadata and links are the strongest signal for your field or seed set.

Assistant Provider​

The workspace assistant can answer built-in local help without a remote AI provider. To enable general chat, configure an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, model, and API key in the AI settings panel. Workspace-changing assistant tools still require explicit approval before they run.

Comparing Providers​

Different providers can return different candidates for the same paper because their citation coverage and DOI metadata differ. If one expansion returns too few useful candidates, switch providers in Workspace Settings and run another bounded search from the same paper.

Provider differences are expected. CiteTraverse keeps candidates, edges, and screening decisions in one project so you can combine sources while still seeing which searches produced useful discoveries.