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wanted to make a few clarifications on openleaf as there’s lot of love from people (thanks❤️!) but also some misunderstanding:

1. "this encourages blind citation" — openleaf links every suggested paper for a reason. you're supposed to read it before citing (the paper link is… https://t.co/XEeZalNBUp

— Gaurav Sahu (@dem_fier) 16 mars 2026

wanted to make a few clarifications on openleaf as there’s lot of love from people (thanks❤️!) but also some misunderstanding: 1. "this encourages blind citation" — openleaf links every suggested paper for a reason. you're supposed to read it before citing (the paper link is right there). it's a discovery tool, and most def not a "cite for me" button. also, its ranking is purely content-based — no citation count, no popularity metrics — specifically to avoid unfair concentration of citations to a select few papers/institutions. 2. "if you do your lit search after writing a paragraph, you're doing it wrong" — agree! but the demo showed a simplified flow. the real use case: you've read 20 papers, but there are 1000s published monthly. you will miss relevant ones. openleaf helps you find them. already working on improvements to make it even better: – reading your existing .bib so it's aware of what you already cite – analyzing full paper text, not just abstracts – better reasoning track progress, suggest features, or pick up an issue! github.com/Demfier/openleaf/… Gaurav Sahu (@dem_fier) ever been here? open overleaf → write a paragraph → "hmm…this needs a citation" → open 15 different tabs → skim 8 abstracts → find the 1 actually relevant paper → format bibtex → paste it back on overleaf if so, i built a plugin just for you. meet openleaf: → reads your paper paragraph by paragraph → searches major academic databases → filters out irrelevant papers using ai → one click to add BibTeX to your .bib you'll also find the 🤝 friendly and 🔥 fire reviewers there. i don't think i need to tell you what they do 🙂 free. open source. no account. no data collection. works with ollama, openrouter, openai api and more. github.com/demfier/openleaf dear algorithm, please show this to my fellow researchers in need 🙏 #overleaf #latex #opensource #academictwitter — https://nitter.net/dem_fier/status/2033002945973752297#m

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