PaperLens

Understand any research paper in seconds

PaperLens reads the paper or PDF you're viewing - arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, journals - and gives you a clear, structured summary and a chat assistant, right in your browser's side panel.

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What it does

Structured summaries

TL;DR, key findings, methods, contributions, and limitations - not a wall of text.

Full-text on arXiv

On arXiv it reads the whole PDF, so answers go beyond the abstract.

Chat with the paper

Ask about methods or results and get grounded, paper-specific answers (Pro).

Copy & cite

Export a clean Markdown summary or a citation in one click.

Pricing

Start free, upgrade when you need more.

Free - 5 summaries per month.

$5/month - Pro

Fair-use unlimited summaries, a higher-quality model, chat-with-paper, and exports.