# Alfred Scholar

> AI-powered research platform that unifies document management, AI chat, manuscript writing, citation management, plagiarism detection, and team collaboration in one workspace.

Alfred Scholar is a free research platform built for academics, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and research teams. Instead of switching between Zotero, Mendeley, Google Scholar, Overleaf, and standalone AI tools, researchers use one workspace for their entire workflow.

## Core Features

- [AI Document Chat](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/chat-with-documents): Upload research papers and ask questions in natural language. Alfred finds relevant passages across your library and responds with inline citations pointing to exact page numbers.
- [Research Library](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/uploading-documents): Upload PDFs, auto-extract metadata (DOI, authors, journal, abstract), full-text index every page for instant search across your entire library.
- [Citation Manager](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/citations): Import from BibTeX and RIS, auto-extract references from PDFs, DOI lookup, export in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, and Vancouver formats.
- [Manuscript Editor](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/writing-manuscripts): Rich-text academic writing with auto-save, submission guideline enforcement, and real-time team collaboration.
- [Plagiarism Detection](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/plagiarism-detection): Check manuscripts against all documents on the platform for unintentional overlap before submission.
- [PDF Annotations](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/reading-and-annotating): Highlight text, draw region selections, color-coded notes with a structured sidebar for review.
- [Peer Reviews](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/peer-reviews): Assign manuscripts to reviewers, collect structured feedback, track the entire review cycle within the workspace.
- [Team Workspaces](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/workspaces): Multi-user collaboration with role-based access (Owner, Editor, Viewer). Workspace-scoped data isolation ensures research stays private.

## Documentation

- [Getting Started](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/getting-started): Create an account, set up your first workspace, and upload your first paper.
- [Introduction](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/introduction): Overview of Alfred Scholar and what it does.
- [Uploading Documents](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/uploading-documents): How to upload and organize research papers.
- [Chat with Documents](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/chat-with-documents): How AI document chat works.
- [Reading and Annotating](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/reading-and-annotating): PDF viewer, highlights, and annotations.
- [Organizing with Folders](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/organizing-with-folders): Folder organization for your research library.
- [Citations](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/citations): Importing, managing, and exporting citations.
- [Managing Citations](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/managing-citations): Advanced citation management features.
- [Citation Styles](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/citation-styles): Custom citation formatting (APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver).
- [Writing Manuscripts](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/writing-manuscripts): The manuscript editor and writing workflow.
- [Manuscript Guidelines](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/manuscript-guidelines): Setting up submission guidelines and validation rules.
- [Manuscript Images](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/manuscript-images): Embedding images in manuscripts.
- [Peer Reviews](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/peer-reviews): Reviewer assignment and feedback tracking.
- [Plagiarism Detection](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/plagiarism-detection): Originality checking against all documents on the platform.
- [Workspaces](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/workspaces): Creating and managing workspaces.
- [Team Members](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/team-members): Inviting collaborators and managing roles.
- [Roles and Permissions](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/roles-and-permissions): Owner, Editor, and Viewer roles explained.
- [Credits and Usage](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/credits-and-usage): How the credit system works for AI features.
- [Account Settings](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/account-settings): Profile, security, and two-factor authentication.
- [Trash and Recovery](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/trash-and-recovery): Recovering deleted documents and data.
- [Security](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs/v1.x/security): Data privacy, workspace isolation, and security practices.

## Key Information

- Alfred Scholar is free during early access. No credit card required.
- When paid plans launch, a free tier will always be available.
- Research data is workspace-scoped and never shared with third parties or used to train AI models.
- Currently supports PDF files. DOCX and LaTeX support coming soon.
- Citations can be exported in BibTeX and RIS formats.
- Integrations with Zotero, Mendeley, Google Scholar, arXiv, Overleaf, and Google Drive are on the roadmap.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://www.alfredscholar.com)
- [Documentation](https://www.alfredscholar.com/docs)
- [Register](https://www.alfredscholar.com/register)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.alfredscholar.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.alfredscholar.com/terms)
- [Contact](https://www.alfredscholar.com/contact)