Papers is a reference managing tool designed to assist users in sourcing, accessing, organizing, reading, citing, and sharing academic research. It primarily targets students, academics, and corporates, offering services used globally across numerous academic institutions.

With an intuitive interface, it enables users to import information from a variety of sources including desktop, databases, and journals, while also facilitating metadata matching, and collection management.

In addition to helping manage existing research resources, Papers also aids in the discovery of new research. It connects users to an extensive, searchable database of articles and provides AI-assisted recommendations.

Importantly, it offers a measure of an article's impact through linked citations, Altmetrics and Retraction Watch connection. Additionally, it enables users to annotate articles and make notes for in-depth analysis.

The AI assistant provided by Papers is designed for deeper engagement with research. It utilizes AI tools to unravel connections within and across articles, enabling users to interact with their literature using a 'Chat with a PDF' feature and to enhance understanding of unfamiliar disciplines or languages.

Papers further facilitates collaborative research by offering real-time collaboration and cross-device syncing. Features include private shared libraries and collaborative team creation for up to 25 users.

Along with this, it also provides a citation engine, SmartCite, for easy citation and customized bibliography creation. In summary, Papers is a comprehensive reference management solution, dramatically improving the way users handle academic and research literature.