Consensus

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine that extracts answers to research questions directly from peer-reviewed scientific papers. Unlike traditional academic databases that return a list of papers for users to read, Consensus synthesizes findings across multiple studies and presents a clear answer with supporting evidence and citation links.

The Consensus Meter feature analyzes results across studies to show whether the scientific evidence generally supports, opposes, or is mixed on a given claim — providing a quick gauge of scientific consensus on contentious topics.

Each search result includes AI-generated summaries of individual paper findings, key takeaways, and methodology highlights, enabling rapid assessment without reading full papers. The platform indexes over 200 million papers from sources including Semantic Scholar's corpus, with particular strength in health sciences, nutrition, psychology, and environmental science.

Consensus is especially valuable for evidence-based decision making in healthcare, policy, and education, where practitioners need to quickly understand what the research says about specific interventions or outcomes. The Copilot feature provides deeper analysis of search results, synthesizing information across papers and generating literature review drafts.

Students, journalists, and content creators use Consensus to fact-check claims and find research-backed evidence for arguments. The platform emphasizes transparency by always linking claims to specific papers and never generating unsourced statements.