--- description: Review of R Discovery Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: R Discovery | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Data Discovery Software](/directory/1896/data-discovery-tools/software) > [R Discovery](/software/330011/r-discovery) # R Discovery Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/330011/r-discovery Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/330011/r-discovery?page=2) > R Discovery is a research platform that provides access to over 115 million academic research papers for free. The platform caters to students, researchers, and academics looking to improve their literature review process. The platform features a personalized recommendation engine that suggests relevant papers based on the user's interests and reading history. This allows for a customized research experience where users can seamlessly discover papers in their field. R Discovery also offers premium features like audio papers, translation tools, collaboration features, auto-syncing across devices and multi-feed support to further enhance research reading. R Discovery indexes over 40 million open access papers, 8 million research summaries and highlights, 2 million pre-prints, and 32,000 journals. It is available as a mobile app on iOS and Android and has been downloaded over 25 million times across 190 countries globally. The app aims to accelerate academic research discovery by delivering the latest, most relevant content to users in a simple, personalized feed. With its huge catalog of content and smart recommendation engine, R Discovery strives to make research reading efficient and effortless for students and professionals alike. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 13 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 13 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Cactus Communications ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: R Discovery is completely free for all users. There are no hidden charges or fees. Additionally, no user will ever see any ads on either the website or the app. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk ## Category - [Data Discovery Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/1896/data-discovery-tools/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Google Cloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/172144/google-cloud-platform) — 4.7/5 (2262 reviews) 2. [Tableau](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/1940/tableau) — 4.6/5 (2348 reviews) 3. 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My institute is also not added in the "access full text" option (I have notified the admin and action is awaited) > > My second best option for free access to publications that can be filtered to the minutest keywords. ----- ### "Practical Approach for Data Management" — 5.0/5 > **Yerson** | *29 April 2024* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: R Discovery ensure there is accurate data integration solution, which helps businesses value every analytical process. > > **Cons**: R Discovery has a defined form in making every data management straightforward. ----- ### "My review" — 2.0/5 > **Mahesh** | *23 March 2022* | Design | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: The software is good. Supports with journal articles. > > **Cons**: It should provide facility to download journal articles. > > Good ----- ### "Powerful search tool but lacks some features" — 5.0/5 > **Saranath** | *2 March 2022* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I found the R Discovery mobile and web apps to be well designed and user-friendly. I use R Discovery to search for scientific papers relevant to my area of research. As a literature survey tool, the R Discovery platform seems to have a comprehensive database of scientific publications. The topic-based search provides an exhaustive list of relevant papers and the platform is surprisingly good at analyzing my preferences and feedback to customize my feed. > > **Cons**: I found it quite difficult to narrow down the search results, because the R Discovery platform does not have any filters such as Year of Publication (e.g., to check for papers published in the last 2 years) and Type of Publication (e.g., Article, Review, Book chapter). Although the search tool does learn from my feedback, it is time-consuming to provide it because, sometimes, the results run into thousands of papers. ----- ### "Excellent App for Researchers" — 5.0/5 > **Jesse** | *4 February 2022* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Excellent and organized research papers. I always get my daily email for the top read. I am into Geothermal. Machine Learning and Power System. > > **Cons**: Paid paper from other sources. Hence not able to access the papers. > > Excellent. I would give it 90% as marks. 10% is for a room for improvement ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/330011/r-discovery?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/330011/r-discovery) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data