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Nexiom vs Connected Papers
Similarity graphs for one paper at a time.
What Connected Papers does well
Connected Papers takes one seed paper and renders a graph of similar work using co-citation and bibliographic coupling. Great for the first 30 minutes of a new topic.
Where it falls short
Each graph is a one-shot view of a single paper. There's no persistent library, no way to merge graphs, and the visualization doesn't evolve as your reading does.
How Nexiom is different
Nexiom keeps the connections you've already discovered and grows them as you save new work. Instead of regenerating a graph per paper, you have one map of everything you've read — and everything adjacent.
At a glance
| Feature | Connected Papers | Nexiom |
|---|---|---|
| Persistent library | No — per-paper graphs | Yes |
| Multiple seed papers | One at a time | Whole library |
| Concept extraction | No | Yes |
| Tracks what you've read | No | Yes |
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